Rule of Law Working Group Agendas

November 22, 2018

Agenda: 

·       Brief update on Rule of Law activities (4th  Rule of Law Forum and Judicial and Legal Reform Program)

·       Tour de table 

·       AOB 

October 18, 2018Agenda: ·       Brief summary of the CEDAW recommendations for Tajikistan
·       Update on the draft Strategy on Human Rights 
·       Tour de table 
·       AOB 

August 30, 2018Agenda: 

·       Call for presentations 

·       Tour de table 

·       AOB

July 18, 2018Agenda: ·       Developments and challenges in Rule of Law and Human Rights in Tajikistan during the last month. Contributions from all RoL WG participants.  June 14, 2018 Agenda: 

·       Presentation of the new SDC Strategy for 2017-2021

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB

April 20, 2018

Agenda:

·       Brief update on Rule of Law activities (establishment of the working group on development of the draft Judicial-Legal Reform Programme and monitoring of SDG 16)

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB

March 16, 2018

Agenda:

·       Update on meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry of Justice. Discussion of the further steps on the coordination with the Government – (Sub –Committee members)

·       Presentation of the functional analysis of system on execution of judicial decisions by IDLO

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB 

February 15, 2018

Agenda:

·        OSCE’s work on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in public and political life

·        Call for presentations

·        Tour de table

·        AOB

January 19, 2018

Agenda:

·        Discussion on preparation/topics for the meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry

·        Brief presentation on the Gender Working Group under the Executive Office of the President, and three sub groups (PDV\UNDP)

·        Call for presentations

·        Tour de table

·        AOBDecember 8, 2017 Agenda:

·        Discussion on preparation/topics for the meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry 

·        Update on the current state of Law on Public Funds, Law on Public Associations

·        Presentation of the work on juvenile justice (Terre Des Homes)

·        Call for presentations

·        Tour de table 

·        AOB 

November 7, 2017

Agenda:

·        Discussion on preparation/topics for the meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry 

·        Update on the current state of Law on Public Funds, Law on Public Associations 

·        Presentation of the analysis of national legislation on human trafficking (ABA/ROLI)

·        Call for presentations 

·        Tour de table 

·        AOB  

October 5, 2017

Agenda:

·        Update on the current state of Law on Public Funds, Law on Public Associations 

·        Update on piloting secondary free legal aid in line with the Concept on Free Legal Aid 

·        Call for presentations 

·        Tour de table 

·        AOB  

September 5, 2017

Agenda

·        Discussion on preparation/topics for the meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry

·        Update on the current state of Law on Public Funds, Law on Public Associations

·        Oxfam presentation on creation of knowledge hub on women land rights

·        Tour de table

·        AOB 

July 11, 2017

Agenda:

·       Discussion of current state of bar association

·       Update on Policy Dialogue (UNDP)

·       Update on the UPR and the National Plan 

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB 

June 6, 2017

Agenda:

·       Discussion of current state of bar association

·       Update on Policy Dialogue (UNDP)

·       Update on the UPR and the National Plan 

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB 

April 25, 2017

Agenda:

·        Discussion of current state of Bar Associations

·        Update on Policy Dilaogue (UNDP)

·        Update on UPR and the National Plan

·        Tax issues and international NGO’s

·        Call for presentations

·        Tour de table

·        AOB 

November 24, 2015

Agenda:

·          Update on the amendments to the Law on Organizations and the Law on Advocates A Presentation on UNICEF’s work – Ms. Farida Noureddine, UNICEF

·          Update on the Rule of Law Policy Dialogue – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·         Tour de table

·         AOB 

October 27, 2015

Agenda:

·          Update on the amendments to the Law on Organizations and the Law on Advocates– Mr. David Rubino, ABAROLI

·          A Presentation on UNHCR’s work with refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons – Ms. Cristina Bunea, UNHCR  

·         A briefing on the status of prison reform – Mr. Charles Bolland, OSCE

·          Update on the Rule of Law Policy Dialogue – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·         Tour de table

·         AOB 

September 29, 2015

Agenda:

·        Update on amendments to the Law on Organizations – Mr. David Rubino, ABAROLI

·         Presentation on Prison and Closed Institution Visits – Ms. Patricia Dvoracek, SCO

·         Presentation on access to judicial decisions – IDLO

·         Update on Rule of Law Policy Dialogue meeting – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·         Tour de table

·         AOB

August 25, 2015

·          Update on amendments to the Law on Organizations – Mr. Charles Bolland, OSCE

·          Update on Rule of Law Policy Dialogue meeting – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

June 30, 2015

 Agenda:

·          Update on the recent EU- Tajikistan Human Rights Dialogue – Ms. Akvile Normantiene, EU

·          Update on the Rule of Law Policy Dialogue – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

April 29, 2015

Agenda:

·          Update on preparation for UPR Reporting Circle for Tajikistan – Suhrob Shoev, OHCHR

·          A summary of ODIHR’s preliminary report on parliamentary election – Charles Bollland, OSCE

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

March 17, 2015

Agenda:

·          Brief presentation about EU Rule of Law Planform Project: – Mr. Xavier Barre , EU

·          UPR Trust Fund Project: – Mr. Suhrob Shoev and Ms. Xeniya Mironova, OHCHR office in Tajikistan

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

February 17, 2015

Agenda:

·          Progress on adoption of the Law on bar associations – Kahramon Sanginov, IBA and David Rubino, ABA

·          Progress on finalization of the concept paper on piloting the state guaranteed free legal aid – Alisher Karimov and Zulfikor Zamonov, UNDP

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

January 20, 2015

Agenda:

·          Presentation of the working group’s workplan on monitoring of closed institutions for 2015, and the workplan for monitoring visits for 2015 – Coalition against Torture.

·          Discussion of the state programme on judicial legal reform

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

December 3, 2014

Agenda:

·          OHCHR work and its priorities in CA and Tajikistan and the country’s engagement with the UPR, UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures (Representatives: Ms. Hulan Tsedev, Chief- Europe and Central Asia Section, OHCHR HQ, Geneva; Ms. Joana Miquel-Gelabert, Human Rights Officer, Europe and Central Asia Section, OHCHR HQ, Geneva; Ms. Elisabeth da Costa, Officer in Charge, OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia, Bishkek; Ms. Natalya Seitmuratova, Human Rights Officer, OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia, Bishkek; Ms. Isabelle Tschan Human Rights Specialist, UNDP Regional Centre, Istanbul; Mr. Jerome Bouyjou, Human Rights Officer, UNRCCA, Ashgabat)

·          Brief information about rule of law and access to justice initiatives in the country – all agencies in the group

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

November 12, 2014

Agenda:

·          Child friendly court rooms and child friendly procedures for police and prosecutor investigators – Ms. Siyma Barkin Kuzmin, UNICEF

·          Brief information about cost benefit analyses of the Legal Aid system in Tajikistan – Mr. Sinisa Milatovic, UNDP International Consultant

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

July 8, 2014

Agenda:

·          Brief information about “Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting”: – Ms. Elena Wasylew, OSCE

·          Briefing from the recent Administrative Law Conference and Workshops – Mr. Abdurazok Alimardonov, GIZ

·          Tour de table

·          AOB

November 22, 2018

Agenda: 

·       Brief update on Rule of Law activities (4th  Rule of Law Forum and Judicial and Legal Reform Program)

·       Tour de table 

·       AOB 

October 18, 2018

Agenda: 

·       Brief summary of the CEDAW recommendations for Tajikistan
·       Update on the draft Strategy on Human Rights 
·       Tour de table 
·       AOB 

August 30, 2018

Agenda: 

·       Call for presentations 

·       Tour de table 

·       AOB

July 18, 2018

Agenda: 

·       Developments and challenges in Rule of Law and Human Rights in Tajikistan during the last month. Contributions from all RoL WG participants.  

June 14, 2018 

Agenda: 

·       Presentation of the new SDC Strategy for 2017-2021

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB

April 20, 2018

Agenda:

·       Brief update on Rule of Law activities (establishment of the working group on development of the draft Judicial-Legal Reform Programme and monitoring of SDG 16)

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB

March 16, 2018

Agenda:

·       Update on meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry of Justice. Discussion of the further steps on the coordination with the Government – (Sub –Committee members)

·       Presentation of the functional analysis of system on execution of judicial decisions by IDLO

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB 

February 15, 2018

Agenda:

·        OSCE’s work on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in public and political life

·        Call for presentations

·        Tour de table

·        AOB

January 19, 2018

Agenda:

·        Discussion on preparation/topics for the meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry

·        Brief presentation on the Gender Working Group under the Executive Office of the President, and three sub groups (PDV\UNDP)

·        Call for presentations

·        Tour de table

·        AOBDecember 8, 2017 

Agenda:

·        Discussion on preparation/topics for the meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry 

·        Update on the current state of Law on Public Funds, Law on Public Associations

·        Presentation of the work on juvenile justice (Terre Des Homes)

·        Call for presentations

·        Tour de table 

·        AOB 

November 7, 2017

Agenda:

·        Discussion on preparation/topics for the meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry 

·        Update on the current state of Law on Public Funds, Law on Public Associations 

·        Presentation of the analysis of national legislation on human trafficking (ABA/ROLI)

·        Call for presentations 

·        Tour de table 

·        AOB  

October 5, 2017

Agenda:

·        Update on the current state of Law on Public Funds, Law on Public Associations 

·        Update on piloting secondary free legal aid in line with the Concept on Free Legal Aid 

·        Call for presentations 

·        Tour de table 

·        AOB  

September 5, 2017

Agenda

·        Discussion on preparation/topics for the meeting of the Sub-committee with the Ministry

·        Update on the current state of Law on Public Funds, Law on Public Associations

·        Oxfam presentation on creation of knowledge hub on women land rights

·        Tour de table

·        AOB 

July 11, 2017

Agenda:

·       Discussion of current state of bar association

·       Update on Policy Dialogue (UNDP)

·       Update on the UPR and the National Plan 

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB 

June 6, 2017

Agenda:

·       Discussion of current state of bar association

·       Update on Policy Dialogue (UNDP)

·       Update on the UPR and the National Plan 

·       Call for presentations

·       Tour de table

·       AOB 

April 25, 2017

Agenda:

·        Discussion of current state of Bar Associations

·        Update on Policy Dilaogue (UNDP)

·        Update on UPR and the National Plan

·        Tax issues and international NGO’s

·        Call for presentations

·        Tour de table

·        AOB 

November 24, 2015

Agenda:

·          Update on the amendments to the Law on Organizations and the Law on Advocates A Presentation on UNICEF’s work – Ms. Farida Noureddine, UNICEF

·          Update on the Rule of Law Policy Dialogue – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·         Tour de table

·         AOB 

October 27, 2015

Agenda:

·          Update on the amendments to the Law on Organizations and the Law on Advocates– Mr. David Rubino, ABAROLI

·          A Presentation on UNHCR’s work with refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons – Ms. Cristina Bunea, UNHCR  

·         A briefing on the status of prison reform – Mr. Charles Bolland, OSCE

·          Update on the Rule of Law Policy Dialogue – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·         Tour de table

·         AOB 

September 29, 2015

Agenda:

·        Update on amendments to the Law on Organizations – Mr. David Rubino, ABAROLI

·         Presentation on Prison and Closed Institution Visits – Ms. Patricia Dvoracek, SCO

·         Presentation on access to judicial decisions – IDLO

·         Update on Rule of Law Policy Dialogue meeting – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·         Tour de table

·         AOB

August 25, 2015

·          Update on amendments to the Law on Organizations – Mr. Charles Bolland, OSCE

·          Update on Rule of Law Policy Dialogue meeting – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

June 30, 2015

 Agenda:

·          Update on the recent EU- Tajikistan Human Rights Dialogue – Ms. Akvile Normantiene, EU

·          Update on the Rule of Law Policy Dialogue – Mr. Douglas Muir, UNDP

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

April 29, 2015

Agenda:

·          Update on preparation for UPR Reporting Circle for Tajikistan – Suhrob Shoev, OHCHR

·          A summary of ODIHR’s preliminary report on parliamentary election – Charles Bollland, OSCE

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

March 17, 2015

Agenda:

·          Brief presentation about EU Rule of Law Planform Project: – Mr. Xavier Barre , EU

·          UPR Trust Fund Project: – Mr. Suhrob Shoev and Ms. Xeniya Mironova, OHCHR office in Tajikistan

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

February 17, 2015

Agenda:

·          Progress on adoption of the Law on bar associations – Kahramon Sanginov, IBA and David Rubino, ABA

·          Progress on finalization of the concept paper on piloting the state guaranteed free legal aid – Alisher Karimov and Zulfikor Zamonov, UNDP

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

January 20, 2015

Agenda:

·          Presentation of the working group’s workplan on monitoring of closed institutions for 2015, and the workplan for monitoring visits for 2015 – Coalition against Torture.

·          Discussion of the state programme on judicial legal reform

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

December 3, 2014

Agenda:

·          OHCHR work and its priorities in CA and Tajikistan and the country’s engagement with the UPR, UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures (Representatives: Ms. Hulan Tsedev, Chief- Europe and Central Asia Section, OHCHR HQ, Geneva; Ms. Joana Miquel-Gelabert, Human Rights Officer, Europe and Central Asia Section, OHCHR HQ, Geneva; Ms. Elisabeth da Costa, Officer in Charge, OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia, Bishkek; Ms. Natalya Seitmuratova, Human Rights Officer, OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia, Bishkek; Ms. Isabelle Tschan Human Rights Specialist, UNDP Regional Centre, Istanbul; Mr. Jerome Bouyjou, Human Rights Officer, UNRCCA, Ashgabat)

·          Brief information about rule of law and access to justice initiatives in the country – all agencies in the group

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

November 12, 2014

Agenda:

·          Child friendly court rooms and child friendly procedures for police and prosecutor investigators – Ms. Siyma Barkin Kuzmin, UNICEF

·          Brief information about cost benefit analyses of the Legal Aid system in Tajikistan – Mr. Sinisa Milatovic, UNDP International Consultant

·          Tour de table

·          AOB 

July 8, 2014

Agenda:

·          Brief information about “Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting”: – Ms. Elena Wasylew, OSCE

·          Briefing from the recent Administrative Law Conference and Workshops – Mr. Abdurazok Alimardonov, GIZ

·          Tour de table

·          AOB