Newsletter No.5|April 2022


Highlights

Central Asia (regional): Improving the regulatory framework for financial investigations

Representatives of state authorities and law enforcement institutions of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan exchanged

views on financial investigation practices in the region and identified common challenges in relation to money laundering and interagency co-operation during a regional conference in Bishkek on 9-10 December 2021.

Central Asia (regional): Co-ordination meeting on combating economic crime

On 8 December 2021, high-level state

representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as officials from the Council of Europe and the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic highlighted the results of joint work on business integrity, combating corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing and agreed on co-operation priorities for the year of 2022.

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Central Asia (regional): Human rights education enhanced

More than 185 legal professionals learnt about the European Convention on Human Rights, the practice of the European

Court of Human Rights, European human rights standards in law enforcement, and the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals in Central Asia through participation in webinars organised by the HELP in Central Asia in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan: First HELP course launched

On 30 March 2022, the launch of the HELP course “Rights of persons with disabilities” in Uzbekistan gathered judges, consultants and representatives of the Council of Europe and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator office. The course was developed for a group of 30 judges in Tashkent in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator office in Uzbekistan and the High School of Judges under the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan. This course is available online for all interested on the HELP platform.

Kazakhstan: Addressing new challenges in the justice sector

The Council of Europe, the European Union, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other national

stakeholders addressed issues related to the ongoing reforms in the justice sector in Kazakhstan. These were the focus of the two-day international round table "Reforms of the judiciary in Kazakhstan: Addressing new challenges by using best international practices”, held in Nur-Sultan in a hybrid format on 27-28 October 2021.

Uzbekistan: Co-operation with the Venice Commission

Watch the video message of the President of the Venice Commission on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

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Other news and updates of the Programme

Kazakhstan

Support in amending the anti-corruption legislation was provided to the authorities of Kazakhstan.
A round table in Nur-Sultan contributed to the ongoing efforts to reform the High Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Kyrgyzstan

A training in Bishkek on 13 December 2021 facilitated the improvement of protection of the rights of entrepreneurs in Kyrgyzstan.

Uzbekistan

A seminar in Tashkent contributed to increasing knowledge of Uzbek judges on criminal justice.
A training on establishing and managing an electronic asset declarations system was organised for the staff of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Two webinars on ethics, integrity and conflict of interest were сonducted for public officials of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
5 years of reforms in Uzbekistan: the Vice President of the Venice Commission, Mr Philip Dimitrov, addressed participants of the high level conference on 5 October 2021.

Resources: What is new?

Council of Europe conventions and guidelines in English and Russian.
A list of HELP courses in several languages including Russian and Uzbek.

Reference documents on fighting economic crime in English and Russian.
Opinions of the Venice Commission and thematic presentations in English and Russian.

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