News and press releases

Protecting private property and improving legislation on business entities’ rights were the focus of an international roundtable discussion hosted by Uzbekistan’s Supreme Court with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator and in co-operation with UNDP, USAID and the German Agency for International Co-operation on 1 November 2018 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan...

TASHKENT, 31 October 2018 – A three-day training course on protecting the rights of alleged victims and accused persons for police investigators from Tashkent and the surrounding area, conducted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, commenced today.

An Information Resource Centre for Public Environmental Awareness and Culture and Improving People’s Ecological Knowledge was opened by the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan, with the support of the Group of Ecological Movement Deputies within the Legislative House of Uzbekistan’s parliament, the Oliy Majlis, and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, on 17 July 2018 in Tashkent...

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supported a study visit for six representatives of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Russian Federation and France, which took place from 29 June to 6 July 2018. The delegation consisted of judges and experts and was headed by the Deputy Chairperson of the Court, Askar Gafurov...

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supported a four-day study visit of a government delegation from Uzbekistan to Japan to learn about policies and practices of open government data management. The visit, which concluded on 29 June 2018 in Tokyo, was organized in co-operation with the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Japan...

A three-day workshop on sustainable mobility, co-hosted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), concluded on 29 June 2018 in Tashkent...

The Border Security and Management Unit (BSMU) of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized a workshop on establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in Uzbekistan from 13 to 14 June. The event was aimed at detecting and preventing the movement of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), particularly those returning or relocating from conflict zones.