TRAINING ON PLEA AGREEMENTS HELD IN KARSHI
The series of training workshops on "The participation of a defense lawyer in plea agreements" continues with another successful training organized in Karshi on December 21 by Regional Dialogue and the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Uzbekistan under the US State Department’s DRL Bureau grant. The training was conducted by Davron Saidov (Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates), Sergey Irgashev (Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates), Eleonora Ubaydullaeva (

Prosecutor General's Office celebrates 30th Anniversary with Conference
On 16 December 2021 Regional Dialogue attended the international conference on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the PGO of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The event was divided into a morning plenary session on the Prospects for the development of the foundation of the organization and activities of the Prosecutor General’s Office, and two afternoon parallel sessions: On the Role of the Prosecutor's Office in Ensuring the Rights of Citizens, Interests of the State and Soci

Politics and Governance in the XXI. Century – Lecture by Mjusa Sever
On 9 December, RD Director Mjusa Sever responded to the invitation of the Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies and gave a lecture on Politics and Governance in the XXI. Century. Sever covered a wide variety of topic, including the fourth industrial revolution, effects of global travel, artificial intelligence, and advances in science. Students participated with questions and experiences in several of the covered topics. Along with approximately 20 students, the lectu

RD PARTICIPATES IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REFORMS IN THE JUDICIAL AND LEGAL SPHERES
On December 20, 2021, Regional Dialogue, participated in an in-person and online international conference hosted by the Lawyers’ Training Center of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice of Japan. The conference included presentations on judicial and legal reforms by international and national experts and was attended by representatives of Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Judicial C

CONFERENCE ON MODERN TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITALIZATION IN THE FIELD OF JUSTICE
Regional Dialogue, in cooperation with the Research Institute for Legal Policy under the Ministry of Justice, held an international conference on Modern Trends in the Development of Digitalization in the Field of Justice on December 14 at the Hilton Hotel in Tashkent. The conference was organized offline and online with the participation of foreign and national experts in the fields of digitalization, artificial intelligence, e-government, data protection and anti-corruption.

ANDIJAN AND BUKHARA HOST YET ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TRAINING ON PLEA AGREEMENTS FOR DEFENSE LAWYERS
As reported earlier, Regional Dialogue, in partnership with the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Uzbekistan and under the US State Department’s DRL Bureau grant, is organizing the series of training workshops on "The participation of a defense lawyer in plea agreements" for the criminal defense lawyers in the regions of Uzbekistan. The Territorial Departments of Chamber of Advocates in Andijan and Bukhara hosted the next training workshops on December 3 and December 6

FIRST ANTI-CORRUPTION LABORATORIES
Regional Dialogue and its INL donors have been supporting the first Anti-Corruption Laboratories in Uzbekistan project in 2020-2021. The preliminary outcomes of the first project, carried out in partnership with Yuksalish and Uzbekistan’s Anti-Corruption Agency on the topic of assessment of corruption and integrity related risks in admission to primary schools, were presented during a public discussion in Tashkent on December 1st. RD’s Director, Mjusa Sever, in her speech tal
