New Rules on International Civil Procedure of Belarus Translated into English
A new Code of Civil Procedure (Кодекс гражданского судопроизводства) of the Republic of Belarus entered into force on 1 January 2026. It has modernized and unified the rules and replaced Civil Procedure Code and Commercial Procedure Code. Previously cases involving individuals acting in non-business capacity and economic cases were governed by separate codes.
The new Code includes a detailed section VII “International Civil Procedure”. It contains more than 50 articles and governs, in particular, the following issues:
- Jurisdiction over cases involving foreign persons;
- Special rules for hearing cases involving foreign persons, separately with and without judicial immunity;
- International legal assistance in civil cases;
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and foreign arbitral awards;
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign mediation settlement agreements (in particular, under the Singapore Convention);
- Special rules for recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments on the collection of child support internationally on the basis of the Convention on Child Support;
- Rules for proceedings on the return of a child or for the exercise of rights of access under the Child Abduction Convention.
Below you can find an unofficial translation of this section into English:
International Civil Procedure – Section of the Code of Civil Procedure
This translation is planned for publication in the new edition of the Encyclopedia of Private International Law (Edward Elgar Publishing).
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