The Committee on International Control over the Human Rights Situation in Belarus (CIC) was created on December 27,2010 prompted largely by the events immediately following the Presidential elections on 19 December. Currently, this civil society coalition involves more than 40 NGOs from 15 OSCE participating States. These NGOs have agreed to co-ordinate permanent monitoring of fundamental human rights - and the situation of human rights defenders - in the Republic of Belarus, and to develop recommendations on bringing the situation in the country into conformity with the international human rights obligations undertaken by the Belarusian government.