• Official Materials and Decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 27 April 2010 No. D-433/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Addenda and Alterations to the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Environmental Protection» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 27 April 2010 No. D-434/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Alterations and Addenda to Certain Laws of the Republic of Belarus on Regulation of Scientific, Research-and-Technology and Innovative Activities» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 27 April 2010 No. D-435/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Declaring Invalid the Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus «On Setting Boundaries of the State Biological Reserve «Lukovo» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 28 April 2010 No. D-436/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Alterations and Addenda to the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Postal Service» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 29 April 2010 No. D-444/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Alterations and Addenda to Some Codes of the Republic of Belarus on Improvement of Execution of Sentences» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 29 April 2010 No. D-445/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Addenda and Alterations to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Belarus» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 29 April 2010 No. D-446/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Addenda and Alterations to the Land Code of the Republic of Belarus» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 27 May 2010 No. D-450/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On the Exercise of the Right to Judicial Appeal against Applied Sanctions by the Convicted to Arrest, Confinement, Life Imprisonment, by the Detained and Persons under Administrative Arrest» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 4 June 2010 No. D-451/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Alterations and Addenda to some Laws of the Republic of Belarus on the Prevention of Legalisation of Proceeds from Crime and the Financing of Terrorist Activities» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 7 June 2010 No. D-453/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Alterations and Addenda to the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On the Tourism» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 22 June 2010 No. D-460/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Veterinary Activity» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 22 June 2010 No. D-461/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On the Approval of the Report on the Republican Budget Execution in 2009» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 22 June 2010 No. D-462/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On the Support of Micro and Medium Entrepreneurship» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 23 June 2010 No. D-463/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Amnesty in Connection with the 65-th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 23 June 2010 No. D-464/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus and its Territorial Bodies» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 23 June 2010 No. D-465/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Provision of Psychological Assistance» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 23 June 2010 No. D-466/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Alterations and Additions to Some Laws of the Republic of Belarus on the Issues of Competence of State Bodies (Organisations) in Land Management, Geodesy and Cartography» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 23 June 2010 No. D-467/2010 «On the conformity of the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On Making Alterations and Additions to Some Codes of the Republic of Belarus on the Issues of Privacy Protection of the Registered Holders of Securities in the Register of Holders of Securities» to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus»

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 16 April 2010 No. P-252/2010 «On making an alteration to the Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus of 25 March 2009 No. P-244/2009»

• Scientific Information

Miklashevich P.P. Improvement of legal basis of the constitutional proceedings in the Republic of Belarus

The author argues in favour of that further improvement of the legal basis of constitutional proceedings in the Republic of Belarus at the legislative level should occur in a view of the separation of substantive and procedural rules governing the activities of the Constitutional Court. The principles and characteristics of proceedings in preliminary and subsequent constitutional review and other court powers are under detailed consideration. The grounds are given for an appropriate stipulation of supplementary powers, which have passed practical evaluation and showed their efficiency, in the Code of Judicial System and Status of Judges. It is stated that the rules of constitutional proceedings should avoid excessive details and strict regulation based on the special nature of judicial review. The article provides for a number of other conclusions, aimed at improving the legal basis of constitutional proceedings.

Voronovich T.V. On the issue of revision of prior decisions by constitutional review bodies

The article contains an analysis of laws of different countries on bodies of constitutional review. Relevant provisions of the preliminary study of the Secretariat of the Venice Commission on the issue of the individual access to constitutional justice are also analysed as regards the admissibility of revision of prior decisions by the constitutional review bodies. Considerable attention is paid to the discussion of Russian scientists on the legality of the issue on legislative stipulation for the right of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation to revise its decisions. Based on the study the conclusion is made on the need to maintain the grounds in the legislation of the Republic of Belarus for revision of the decisions of the Constitutional Court provided in the Law “On the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus”.

• International Experience of Constitutionalism

Seidov A.J. Constitutional stage of the implementation of international treaties of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Based on the norms of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan the author considers the place of international treaties of that country in the system of normative legal acts as a part of the national legal system. It is noted that in the hierarchy of normative legal acts the interstate and intergovernmental treaties of the Republic of Azerbaijan have lower legal force than the Constitution and laws. Accordingly the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan is entitled to review the constitutionality of such treaties. With regard to international rules on human rights and freedoms, based on international practice of the observance of universally recognised principles of international law the author grounds the conclusion on the legislator’s duty to bring the domestic law in conformity with international one.

• Events and Facts

Yagello O.V. 20th Anniversary of the public association «Belarusian Republican Union of Lawyers»

Murashko L.O. On the Conference of International Union of Lawyers on 3–6 June 2010 in Kharkov (Ukraine)

• International Relations of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus

International scientific and practical conference «Theoretical and Practical Aspects when Dealing with Individual Constitutional Complaints in the European Model of Constitutional Justice» on 13–14 May 2010 in Minsk