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Human rights training in Uzbekistan focuses on criminal procedure
TASHKENT 29 May 2001
TASHKENT, 29 May 2001 - International human rights standards for criminal procedure and their implementation in Uzbekistan were the focus of training sessions co-organized by the OSCE in Bukhara and Tashkent from 21 to 29 May 2001.
The training examined the details of the requirements of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), European Convention on Human Rights and OSCE commitments. Uzbekistan adhered to the ICCPR and to its First Optional Protocol on August 1995. On March 2001 Uzbekistan presented its first regular report on implementation of the ICCPR requirements.
The training agenda included a review of international standards for arrest and detention, use of lethal force, treatment of detainees, prohibition of torture, fair trial guarantees, as well as prohibition of retrospective and double jeopardy, and a discussion of their implementation in Uzbekistan.
Participants also took part in the practical exercise on filing a complaint to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights and preparing a governmental response to it. This also included an analysis of issues of concern for the Committee.
The trainings were attended by more then 90 participants from Tashkent, Karakalpakstan, Bukhara, Khorezm, Navoi, Sirdaria and Tashkent regions, as well as representatives of republican level of Judiciary, Procurator office, Advocate association, Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Security Service. Last year in August about 100 judges, lawyers and procurators attended similar trainings in Tashkent, Khorezm and Fergana.
The training was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Insitutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Centre in Tashkent in co-operation with the National Human Rights Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan and American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative.
Two international trainers Mr. Douwe Korff, OSCE international expert on human rights and Fellow of the Human Rights Center of the University of Essex, and Ms. Dorota Ryzy, ODIHR Rule of Law Expert, held the sessions.
For more information or press queries, please contact OSCE Center in Tashkent, Western Side, 2nd Floor, Khamid Alimdjan Sq., 700000 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, tel.: (+998 71) 132 01 52, fax (+998 71) 120 61 25, e-mail: [email protected]
The training examined the details of the requirements of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), European Convention on Human Rights and OSCE commitments. Uzbekistan adhered to the ICCPR and to its First Optional Protocol on August 1995. On March 2001 Uzbekistan presented its first regular report on implementation of the ICCPR requirements.
The training agenda included a review of international standards for arrest and detention, use of lethal force, treatment of detainees, prohibition of torture, fair trial guarantees, as well as prohibition of retrospective and double jeopardy, and a discussion of their implementation in Uzbekistan.
Participants also took part in the practical exercise on filing a complaint to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights and preparing a governmental response to it. This also included an analysis of issues of concern for the Committee.
The trainings were attended by more then 90 participants from Tashkent, Karakalpakstan, Bukhara, Khorezm, Navoi, Sirdaria and Tashkent regions, as well as representatives of republican level of Judiciary, Procurator office, Advocate association, Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Security Service. Last year in August about 100 judges, lawyers and procurators attended similar trainings in Tashkent, Khorezm and Fergana.
The training was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Insitutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Centre in Tashkent in co-operation with the National Human Rights Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan and American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative.
Two international trainers Mr. Douwe Korff, OSCE international expert on human rights and Fellow of the Human Rights Center of the University of Essex, and Ms. Dorota Ryzy, ODIHR Rule of Law Expert, held the sessions.
For more information or press queries, please contact OSCE Center in Tashkent, Western Side, 2nd Floor, Khamid Alimdjan Sq., 700000 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, tel.: (+998 71) 132 01 52, fax (+998 71) 120 61 25, e-mail: [email protected]