Regional Dialogue, in partnership with the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Uzbekistan and under the US State Department’s DRL Bureau grant, organized a training workshop on "The participation of a defense lawyer in plea agreements" for the criminal defense lawyers practicing in the Samarkand region. The Samarkand Territorial Department of the Chamber of Advocates hosted the training workshop on 23 November 2021. The training was organized in both Uzbek and Russian lan

LAW ON PLEA AGREEMENTS SIGNALS A NEW ERA IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF UZBEKISTAN Launch of the series of regional training workshops on plea negotiations for criminal defense lawyers of Uzbekistan The institution of plea agreements in less grave criminal cases was introduced by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 675 that became effective on 18 February 2021. Since then, experts from Regional Dialogue and the Chamber of Advocates have worked together to develop inf

A meeting was held at the Legal Policy Research Institute under the Ministry of Justice with the director of the international non-governmental organization Regional Dialogue Mjusa Sever and the staff of the Uzbek branch office of the organization. During the meeting, RD representatives were informed about the large-scale reforms underway in the country, as well as practical work to strengthen close ties between Uzbekistan and the countries of the region and develop mutually

On 28 October 2021 Mjusa Sever, Director of Regional Dialogue, and Petra Gorjup, Head of Regional Dialogue Branch Office in Tashkent met with the Chairman of the Nationwide Movement Yuksalish Bobur Bekmurodov. Mjusa Sever was invited to become an Honorary Member of the Pool of Experts of the Nationwide Movement Yuksalish and was gifted a certificate of membership upon kindly accepting the invitation. Participants from both organizations discussed further cooperation, how to c