Ihar Vasilievich KARPENKA

Travel ban according to article 3 paragraph 1 and financial sanctions according to article 1 do not apply until 15 March 2016.

First Secretary of the pro-regime Communist Party. Former Head of Regional Election Commission of Minsk City, former Member of the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, currently Deputy Mayor of Minsk. As Chairman of a Regional Electoral Commission for the Presidential election, he was directly responsible for the violations of international electoral standards in the Presidential elections, in particular in 2006 and 2010 in Minsk City. As Deputy Mayor of Minsk he has, control over the organization of rallies, demonstrations, marches and the organization and ideological outreach for referendums and elections.

In his position as Chairperson of the Central Commission of the Republic of Belarus on Elections and Holding Republican Referenda since 13 Dec 2021, Ihar Karpenka is responsible for the organisation and holding of the constitutional referendum of 27 Feb 2022, which does not meet the international standards of rule of law, democracy and human rights and does not meet the criteria set by the Venice Commission. In particular, the drafting process was not transparent and did not involve civil society or the democratic opposition in exile. He is therefore responsible for seriously undermining democracy and the rule of law in Belarus.

Chairperson of the Central Commission of the Republic of Belarus on Elections and Holding Republican Referenda

En tant que président de la commission centrale de la République de Biélorussie pour les élections et la tenue de référendums nationaux depuis le 13 décembre 2021, Ihar Karpenka était en charge de l’organisation et de la tenue du référendum constitutionnel du 27 février 2022, qui ne respecte pas les normes internationales en matière d’état de droit, de démocratie et de droits de l’homme et ne répond pas aux critères fixés par la Commission de Venise. En particulier, le processus d’élaboration n’était pas transparent et n’a pas associé la société civile ou l’opposition démocratique en exil. Il est donc responsable de gravement nuire à la démocratie et à l’état de droit en Biélorussie

7th Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus