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  • Ninth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia 2025 - Conference Report
    This report provides an overview of the conclusions and recommendations of the Nineth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia, organized by ODIHR in Astana on 20-21 November 2024 with the support of the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime in Central Asia (UNDOC), United Nations Development Programme Regional Hub for Europe and Central Asia (UNDP), United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Office for Central Asia, The Legal Policy Research Center (LPRC), Kadyr-kassiyet (Dignity), OSCE Programme Office in Astana and other OSCE Field Offices in Central Asia. The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Kazakhstan has funded projects implemented by the UNODC and the LPRC.
    Report
    4 September 2025
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  • Report: Eighth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia
    The Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia serves as a platform for knowledge and experience exchange among criminal justice stakeholders, promoting informed dialogue aimed at criminal justice reforms and policy development. The Forum has been organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) since 2008 within the framework of its rule of law programme, in partnership with the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
    Report
    9 January 2023
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  • Seventh Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia
    This report provides an overview of the conclusions and recommendations of the Seventh Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 27 to 29 November 2018 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The event was held in partnership with the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Field Operations in Central Asia, particularly the OSCE Programme Office in Kyrgyzstan, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
    Report
    8 January 2020
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  • Sixth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia: Report
    The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized the Sixth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia on 16-18 November 2016 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The event was held in partnership with the OSCE Field Operations in Central Asia, particularly the Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Penal Reform International and the International Commission of Jurists. This report provides an overview of the discussions and highlights participants' recommendations and conclusions.
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    27 July 2017
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  • Fifth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia: Final Report
    The Expert Forum aimed to offer participants the opportunity to discuss and to exchange experiences and good practices related to the current criminal justice and judicial reforms in the region. During the six plenary sessions and four working groups, participants discussed the following issues: investigative measures at the pre-trial stage, the use of preventive measures including alternatives to detention, rules of evidence, the status and role of defence lawyers, jury trials, the division of offences in the criminal sphere, plea bargaining and abbreviated procedures, and the impact of justice actors’ gender on justice delivery.
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    26 March 2015
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  • Fourth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia, 29-31 October 2012: Final Report
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    12 February 2013
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  • III Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia: Final Report
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    17 June 2010
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