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OSCE Mission to Tajikistan marks Human Rights Day
DUSHANBE 10 December 2001
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2001 - The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, in co-operation with the Tajik Government and the United Nation Tajikistan Office of Peace Building (UNTOP), held a series of events to mark the international Human Rights Day.
In Dushanbe, the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, the UNTOP and the Tajik Presidential Apparatus hosted a special press conference, attended by more than 30 representatives of the mass media and local Human Rights NGOs.
Mr. Ivo Petrov, Head of the UNTOP, opened the meeting and noted that although many countries had ratified international conventions on human rights and passed democratic constitutions, violation of human rights still occurred.
Ambassador Gilbert, Head of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, stressed: "Human rights are not luxury of rich countries". Political, civil, labour, social, cultural and other rights are not gifts from a state, government, political party or its leader, but sovereign, inalienable attributes of each person irrespective of race, ethnicity, language, religion, political views and social status.
Mr. Sharipova, Head of the Department for Constitutional Guarantees of Citizen's Rights of the Presidential Apparatus, described the steps undertaken by the Tajik Government to implement its international commitments in the field of human rights.
In Shahrituz, some 450 participants attended a Human Rights conference organized by the OSCE Field Office, including representatives of local governments and law enforcement from the southern province of Khatlon.
Guest speakers discussed the content of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the commitment of the Republic of Tajikistan to adhere to the declaration as well as other international human rights treaties. Participants raised issues such as freedom of political association, freedom of expression and freedom of movement as well as the rights of detainees during pre-trial detention period.
A set of recommendations was issued, agreeing on the need to improve the human rights situation in southern Tajikistan and aiming at establishing a human rights-training program for law enforcement officials, as well as a human-rights awareness campaign in rural Tajikistan.
In Dushanbe, the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, the UNTOP and the Tajik Presidential Apparatus hosted a special press conference, attended by more than 30 representatives of the mass media and local Human Rights NGOs.
Mr. Ivo Petrov, Head of the UNTOP, opened the meeting and noted that although many countries had ratified international conventions on human rights and passed democratic constitutions, violation of human rights still occurred.
Ambassador Gilbert, Head of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, stressed: "Human rights are not luxury of rich countries". Political, civil, labour, social, cultural and other rights are not gifts from a state, government, political party or its leader, but sovereign, inalienable attributes of each person irrespective of race, ethnicity, language, religion, political views and social status.
Mr. Sharipova, Head of the Department for Constitutional Guarantees of Citizen's Rights of the Presidential Apparatus, described the steps undertaken by the Tajik Government to implement its international commitments in the field of human rights.
In Shahrituz, some 450 participants attended a Human Rights conference organized by the OSCE Field Office, including representatives of local governments and law enforcement from the southern province of Khatlon.
Guest speakers discussed the content of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the commitment of the Republic of Tajikistan to adhere to the declaration as well as other international human rights treaties. Participants raised issues such as freedom of political association, freedom of expression and freedom of movement as well as the rights of detainees during pre-trial detention period.
A set of recommendations was issued, agreeing on the need to improve the human rights situation in southern Tajikistan and aiming at establishing a human rights-training program for law enforcement officials, as well as a human-rights awareness campaign in rural Tajikistan.