[1] The ministry was criticized for the double standards to commercial and non-governmental organizations (including political parties).

For example, the ministry refused to register a local branch of BPF Party in Hrodna Region because of "incorrect line spacing" in the documents.

[4] One of the refusals got by the Belarusian Christian Democracy cited lack of home or work phones information for some of the party founders.

[4] In 2009, the ministry declared that the registration process was simplified, but the legal experts of political parties doubted this statement claiming that only insignificant issues were affected.

[5] The European Union and the United States imposed sanctions against then-current minister of justice Oleg Slizhevsky (Aleh Slizheuski).