On 28 and 29 December 2020, by virtue of Article 116.1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, Article 22.3.2 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Judicial System and Status of Judges, Articles 98 and 101.1 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Constitutional Proceedings”, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus considered the constitutionality of the following laws of the Republic of Belarus, adopted by the House of Representatives and approved by the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, in the exercise of obligatory preliminary review:

the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offences (reporting judge – Stanislav Danilyuk);

the Procedural-Executive Code of Administrative Offences (reporting judge – Tadeush Voronovich);

“On Making Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Operational-Investigative Activities” (reporting judge – Sergei Chigrinov);

“On Making Amendments to Laws on Enforcement Proceedings” (reporting judge – Tadeush Voronovich);

“On Making Amendments to Laws on Mediation” (reporting judge – Viktor Ryabtsev);

and other laws.

Based on the results of consideration the said laws were recognised to be conforming to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. At the same time the Constitutional Court stated its legal positions aimed to clarify the constitutional and legal meaning of certain provisions of the reviewed laws.