Dmitry Chernyh is an experienced legal expert and human rights advocate with a Master of Law (LL.M.) from Belarusian State University. Currently serving as Acting Chairperson of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, bringing over 15 years of expertise in legal practice, civil society engagement, human rights advocacy, and election observation nationally and internationally. Dmitry specializes in judicial independence, equality, data protection, international human rights mechanisms, and elections.

Since 2008, he has worked as an analyst, legal expert, and coordinator for national election observation missions in Belarus as part of the Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections initiative. An accomplished author and co-author of analytical reports, guides, and amicus curiae briefs, Dmitry actively contributes to legislative development and the promotion of human rights.

Pavel Sapelka is a Member of Board of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.

Born in 1971, Pavel graduated from the Belarusian State University with a degree in Law (1993). From 1995 to 2011, Sapelka was a Lawyer and defender in criminal cases of well-known politicians and activists from Belarus (Pavel Sevyarynets, Andrei Sannikov, Pavel Vinogradov, Nikolai Autukhovich, etc.).

Since 2011 – a lawyer, and since 2021 – a member of the temporary governing body of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” (Belarus). Pavel authored a number of reports and studies on the state of affairs in places of detention in Belarus, on elections, on the observance of fair justice standards, and the right not to be subjected to torture and other prohibited types of treatment, as well as on the possibilities of exercising the right to freedom of opinion and association.

In 2012 he was awarded the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) Human Rights Award.

Alex worked for more than 10 years in the Election Department of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, from 2016 to 2021 as the Head of the Department. Now Alexander serves as a Special Representative of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Elections and consults national authorities and international organizations on election-related matters.