The issue of application of legislation on compensation for environmental damage was considered at a meeting of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus

On September 29, 2022, at the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, law enforcement and judicial practice on the issue of compensation for damage caused to the environment in the course of economic activity was considered.

The relevance of considering this issue is caused by the need to develop common approaches on the part of the courts and authorized state environmental authorities in matters of ensuring the most complete and timely compensation for damage caused to the environment.

Based on the results of consideration by the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, a resolution was adopte. The Resolution clarifies the problematic issues of compensation for damage caused to the environment, including the distribution of the burden of proof, the procedure for recovering damage to the environment caused jointly by several persons, methods of compensation for damage and its amount, and other .

The work to ensure the detection of offenses against environmental safety, the environment and the order of nature management helps to reduce the negative impact on the environment, which makes an important contribution to the achievement by the Republic of Belarus of Sustainable Development Goals 12, 13, 15, 16 and other SDGs.

More detailed information about the meeting of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus can be found at the link.