The following participated in the development of the document: Raisa Mikhaylouskaya, Tatsiana Aheyeva, Uladzimir Bukshtynau (Belarusian Documentation Center), Tatsiana Raviaka, Anya Gerasimava, Uladzimir Yavorsky (The Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House), Aleh Aheyeu (Belarusian Association of Journalists), Yury Chavusau (Assembly of Non-Governmental Democratic Organizations), Pavel Sapelka (Human Rights Center "Viasna"), Alena Tankachova (Center for Legal Transformation), Dmitriy Charnykh, Hary Pahaniayla (The Belarusian Helsinki Committee).
A team of experts worked on the Principles of Belarusian Human Rights Work for almost a year; focus groups were held in various cities of Belarus, in which about 70 human rights defenders from 20 organizations took part.