Round table on International Arbitration: The Experience of Uzbekistan and Foreign Practices
On 24 April 2019 RD partnered with the Development Strategy Center to hold a public discussion on International Arbitration: Experience of Uzbekistan and Foreign Practices, as part of RD’s US State Department’s INL funded project. The event was moderated by RD Director Mjusa Sever and Executive Director of DSC Eldor Tulyakov and hosted international expert Lisa Richman, partner at McDermott Will and Emery International Law Firm. Richman discussed preventing investment dispute

Religious tolerance and preventing violent extremism and radicalization in Central Asia
Regional Dialogue in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace and Development Strategy Center organised and conducted a practical workshop in Tashkent on Religious tolerance and preventing violent extremism and radicalization in Central Asia on July 25th and 26th. The event was part of the C5+1 initiative and a follow-up of the event on "Promoting religious tolerance and countering violent extremism and radicalization in Central Asia" held in May. The workshop wa

Enhancing Judicial-Media Relations to Raise Public Trust and Transparency of Judiciary
Regional Dialogue partnered with the Agency for Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Association of Journalists and the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan and, under its US State Department’s INL funded project, conducted a seminar on 12. Enhancing Judicial-Media Relations to Raise Public Trust and Transparency of Judiciary on June 26 and 27, 2019 in Tashkent. US visiting experts Judge Janet L. Sanders, Mass

Judicial Group Study Tour to Washington, DC
As part of its INL grant, in June 2019 Regional Dialogue took representatives of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan, Higher School of Judges at the High Judicial Council, Legal Training Center at the Ministry of Justice and the NGO Department at the Ministry of Justice, as well as a professor from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy and an acting criminal judge on a study tour to Washington D.C. The group met with representatives of the Public Defenders Service for the

Training workshop on Investigation and Prosecution of Complex Corruption Cases
As part of its US State Department’s INL funded project, Regional Dialogue in partnership with Prosecutor General’s Office on May 28-30, 2019 in Charvak conducted a training workshop on Investigation and Prosecution of Complex Corruption Cases. For this topic, RD engaged subject matter experts Blair Hussey, Investigation Specialist, UNDP; Stephanie Hussey, Investigation and Witness Management Consultant, Justice Rapid Response; Andrii Kukharuk, Consultant on Anti-corruption w

Extended Seminar on Modern Teaching Methodologies
Within US State Department’s INL funded project, Regional Dialogue cooperated with the Higher School for Judges to hold an international extended seminar on modern teaching methodologies in Tashkent May 20 and 22, 2019. The seminar was attended largely by staff of Higher Judicial School and the Supreme Court, as well as by representatives of institutions for basic and continuous legal education: TSUL, PGO Academy, Lawyers Training Center under MoJ etc. RD engaged three intern

USIP C5+1 Initiative Inception Workshop
Regional Dialogue is working with the United States Institute of Peace on the ‘Promoting religious tolerance to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization in Central Asia’ project. In cooperation with the Development Strategy Center an inception workshop as part of the C5+1 initiative was held between May 6 and 8 in Tashkent and Samarkand. The event united government officials, religious scholars and civil society practitioners from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkm

Seminar on the Introduction of Mediation in Uzbekistan
As part of its US State Department’s INL funded project, on 24 April 2019 RD conducted a seminar on the introduction of mediation in Uzbekistan. RD engaged experts Judge Jeremy Fogel, Executive Director at Berkeley Judicial Institute (USA) and Sheila Purcell, Director and Clinical Professor of Law Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution University of California, Hastings College of Law (USA). Both also participated at the Legal Forum Tashkent Law Spring. The seminar was

PGO Study tour to the US
As part of its US State Department’s INL funded project and with the support of Federal Bureau of Investigation Regional Dialogue conducted a five day study tour for four participants from the Prosecutor General’s Academy and the Prosecutor General’s Office from 4 to 8 March 2019. The program included presentations and tours of: Cyber Initiatives for Investigators (presented at FBIHQ), FBI Academy, FBI CJIS Division, Internet Crime Complaint Center, FBI's Cyber Information an

Training on Cooperation of judiciary and Media
As part of its US State Department’s INL funded project and in partnership with Association of Journalists and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Regional Dialogue conducted a two-day seminar on Cooperation between Media and Judiciary on March 5, 6 in Tashkent. The event brought together over 30 judges and journalist. Petra Gorjup, Head of RD's Branch office, and Goran Klemencic, RD Legal Expert, moderated the discussion and presented the European experience on
