United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Republic of Uzbekistan organized a series of trainings on ‘Implementation of the Convention against Torture in the work of judiciary and law-enforcement bodies’.
The trainings were organized in cooperation with the Department for Human Rights Protection of the Ministry of Interior, the Research Center under the Supreme Court and the Legal Training Center under the Ministry of Justice. Read more »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on Thursday raised the legal age at which women can marry from 17 to 18, to allow girls to complete their high-school education.
At the same time, he banned wedding parties of more than 300 guests. Social pressure to invite up to 1,000 guests was driving families into ruin, he said. Read more »
An informal meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers, hosted by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan’s State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, was held on 16 and 17 July near Almaty.
During the meeting, to take place at the Ak-Bulak Resort, 35 kilometers south-east of Almaty, Foreign Ministers and other high-level representatives from the 56 OSCE participating States considered matters related to security in Europe and the OSCE’s role, including the agenda of a possible OSCE Summit proposed by the Kazakhstan’s OSCE Chairmanship. Some 40 Foreign Ministers are set to participate in the informal meeting. Read more »
The following table shows the number of removals and voluntary departures from the United Kingdom, by country of destination, 2005-09. Read more »
A group of Russian experts paid a working trip to the Osh City. Main purpose of the visit was to assess the extent of destruction. During the trip, experts met with local authorities and ordinary residents. According to latest figures, 2.500 buildings, including 1.900 residential ones, were destroyed during the clashes. Read more »
