OSCE supports training course on international standards of human rights and freedoms for defense lawyers from all regions of Uzbekistan

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized an in-person training-of-trainers, from 28 November to 2 December 2021 in Tashkent, on international standards of human rights and freedoms for defense lawyers from all regions of Uzbekistan. The training course is part of the longstanding efforts of PCUz to reach out to legal professionals and to support the creation of a community of legal experts in Uzbekistan, with knowledge of the most recent developments among international legal experts.

The course taught a group of defense lawyers, including 16 men and 14 women, on the international standards of human rights and modern techniques to other lawyers. Participants will form a team of core national trainers, who will further train their peers in the regions of the country using the knowledge and skills acquired during the course, in accordance with the Agreement between PCUz and the Chamber of Advocates of Uzbekistan. The workshop was conducted by trainers from the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.

Ildar Fayzullin, National Project Officer with the PCUz, underlined that the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan stands ready to continue providing its support to the judicial and legal reforms ongoing in the country and to institutional and professional development of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its members.

This training course was organized within the project "Enhancing the Capacities of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Uzbekistan".