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OSCE Centre/ODIHR hold conference on effectiveness of Ombudsman Office in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT 10 September 2004
TASHKENT, 10 September 2004 - A conference on the co-operation of the Ombudsman Office with the court system in Uzbekistan is being held today in Tashkent.
It brings together representatives of the court system and the Ombudsman office in Uzbekistan and focuses on the relations between national human rights institutions and the judiciary, as well as their relations with other law enforcement agencies in the country.
One of the aims of the conference, organized by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent together with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Human Rights Commissioner of Uzbekistan, is to assess how independent judiciary institutions and the national human rights institutions can work together in order to protect human rights.
"This co-operation has to be based on mutual respect for the independence of both institutions, but nevertheless there are large areas where courts do sometimes violate fair trial standards and where therefore public control of their observance is crucial," said Miroslaw Wyrzykowski, a judge of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, who is taking part in the conference as an OSCE/ODIHR expert.
Following the conference, from 11 to 14 September, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent will organize a training session for newly appointed staff of the Ombudsman office, focusing on ways to guarantee and protect human rights, as well as issues relating to fair trials and the prevention of torture.
The governments of Finland, the United Kingdom and the United States helped finance these events.
It brings together representatives of the court system and the Ombudsman office in Uzbekistan and focuses on the relations between national human rights institutions and the judiciary, as well as their relations with other law enforcement agencies in the country.
One of the aims of the conference, organized by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent together with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Human Rights Commissioner of Uzbekistan, is to assess how independent judiciary institutions and the national human rights institutions can work together in order to protect human rights.
"This co-operation has to be based on mutual respect for the independence of both institutions, but nevertheless there are large areas where courts do sometimes violate fair trial standards and where therefore public control of their observance is crucial," said Miroslaw Wyrzykowski, a judge of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, who is taking part in the conference as an OSCE/ODIHR expert.
Following the conference, from 11 to 14 September, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent will organize a training session for newly appointed staff of the Ombudsman office, focusing on ways to guarantee and protect human rights, as well as issues relating to fair trials and the prevention of torture.
The governments of Finland, the United Kingdom and the United States helped finance these events.