As part of its US State Department's INL funded project, RD hosted international experts Ret. Assistant U.S. Attorney and former RD Legal Specialist Gregory Weddle, Head of Trial Division at the Public Defender Service in Washington D.C., USA David Knight, and Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Luxembourg Dr. Stefan Braum. Their stay was mainly focused on the 6-8 August Seminar on Strengthening the Right to a Fair Trial: Admissibility and Exclusion of Evidence which was well attended by representatives of the Uzbek judiciary: district criminal courts, the Supreme Court, Higher School of Judges, the PGO and Academy, Chamber of Advocates, TSUL and MoJ Lawyers’ Training Center. Marg
On May 16 and 17, 2019 Academy under the Prosecutor’s General Office celebrated the first anniversary of its existence with an international conference. As part of its US State Department's INL funded project, RD engaged international subject matter experts Kevin Curtin, Professor at the Boston Law School, Senior Appeals Counselor for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office (USA); Jim Chance, Distance Education Expert at the US Federal Judicial Center; Davor Dubravica, District Court Judge (Croatia), Chairman of the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative for South-Eastern Europe (RAI); and Goran Klemenčič, Legal Expert, Regional Dialogue. RD Director Sever was also one of the keynote speakers
From April 25 to 27, 2019 Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan organized the International Legal Forum Tashkent Law Spring. As part of its US State Department's funded projects, RD engaged international experts Vincent Rouge, Dean of Boston College Law School (USA); Judge Jeremy Fogel, Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute (USA); Sheila Purcell, Director and Clinical Professor of Law Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution University of California, Hastings College of Law (USA); Lisa Richman, partner at McDermott Will and Emery International Law Firm (USA); and prof. Joan Blum, Boston College Law School (USA). The experts participated in a variety of additi
