State System of Legal Information

The Concept of legal policy of the Republic of Belarus identifies positive trends in the formation and development of the national legal system, including a consistent transition to a digital format of lawmaking, the integration of digital technologies into law enforcement activities, and the creation of necessary conditions for effective legal communication between citizens and the state. It also emphasizes ensuring accessibility of legislation, transparency and openness in disseminating legal information, as well as guaranteeing the completeness and accuracy of legal information contained in state informational and legal resources.

The implementation of these directions is achieved through the effective functioning of the State System of Legal Information (SSLI). The development of SSLI is carried out by the state scientific-practical institution, the National Center for Legislation and Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus (NCLLI), in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 96 dated March 14, 2024.

According to the Regulation on the dissemination (provision) of legal information, approved by Presidential Decree No. 712 dated December 30, 2010, SSLI represents an organized set of reference databases of legal information of the Republic of Belarus, state informational-legal resources, and information technologies that ensure interaction among government bodies, NCLLI, and other state organizations in collecting, accounting, processing, storing, systematizing, updating, and disseminating (providing) legal information, as well as the official publication of legal acts.

The foundation of SSLI is an organizational collection of its informational-legal resources that enable citizens and legal entities to easily find necessary information and navigate within the legal field. These include the National Register of Legal Acts of the Republic of Belarus (NRLA), an automated informational system ensuring the formation of NRLA (AIS NRLA), informational-search systems «ETALON» and «ETALON-ONLINE», the National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, the Children's Legal Website, and the Legal Forum of Belarus.

The key significance in transitioning to a digital format of lawmaking lies in the implementation and development of an automated information system for supporting the legislative process (AIS «Legislation»), established as part of the State Program «Digital Development of Belarus» for 2021–2025.

The AIS «Legislation» is designed to systematically meet the needs of legislative activities at all stages and phases of the lawmaking process, covering all types of normative legal acts. Its goal is to ensure the timeliness and quality of the preparation and adoption of normative legal acts.

An important component of this initiative is the network of free access points to legal information, whose development and quality significantly influence the effectiveness of government policy aimed at increasing societal legal literacy, informing citizens about their rights and responsibilities, and providing reliable sources of information.