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OSCE roundtables focus on aspects of draft Turkmen civil procedural code
ASHGABAD 18 March 2003
ASHGABAD, 18 March 2003 - The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad today started a series of roundtables on the draft Civil Procedural Code of Turkmenistan.
The first of seven roundtables focussed on legal issues arising from the transition to a market economy. This series of events is aimed at stimulating discussion and accelerating the adoption of a new Civil Procedural Code as a follow up to the Turkmen Civil Code adopted in 1998.
The supervisor of today's roundtable was Professor Rolf Knieper from the University of Bremen, Germany, an expert on eastern European law, who has been involved in legislation reforms throughout Central Asia since 1997.
At the request of Turkmenistan's Parliament, the Mejlis, the University of Bremen prepared the draft Civil Procedural Code in co-operation with the German Association for Technical Assistance (GTZ).
Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice, the Mejlis, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan participated in the meeting. A summary of the conclusions will be presented after the seventh and final roundtable to the various ministries and state agencies that took part. It will serve as an additional advice to the existing draft.
The next seminar on the issue is scheduled to take place in May 2003 under the supervision of Ruediger Toennies, President of the Bremen Municipal Court.
The first of seven roundtables focussed on legal issues arising from the transition to a market economy. This series of events is aimed at stimulating discussion and accelerating the adoption of a new Civil Procedural Code as a follow up to the Turkmen Civil Code adopted in 1998.
The supervisor of today's roundtable was Professor Rolf Knieper from the University of Bremen, Germany, an expert on eastern European law, who has been involved in legislation reforms throughout Central Asia since 1997.
At the request of Turkmenistan's Parliament, the Mejlis, the University of Bremen prepared the draft Civil Procedural Code in co-operation with the German Association for Technical Assistance (GTZ).
Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice, the Mejlis, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan participated in the meeting. A summary of the conclusions will be presented after the seventh and final roundtable to the various ministries and state agencies that took part. It will serve as an additional advice to the existing draft.
The next seminar on the issue is scheduled to take place in May 2003 under the supervision of Ruediger Toennies, President of the Bremen Municipal Court.