KazakhstanTajikistanTurkmenistanReports & Briefing PapersDecember 2015
Central Asia: Report highlights worrying trends of stifling dissent
A new report highlights ongoing and increasing efforts by the authorities in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to stifle dissent and pluralism as part of...
TajikistanStatements & Press ReleasesDecember 2017
Tajikistan should mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by ratifying the Disability...
During the Universal Periodic Review of Tajikistan’s human rights record by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on 6 May 2016, over 20...
AzerbaijanCampaigns, Open Letters and News AlertsDecember 2017
Civil society representatives appeal to French President Emmanuel Macron
Azerbaijan: Civil society appeal to French President Emmanuel Macron on energy investments.
Dear President Macron:
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are deeply concerned about the...
UzbekistanStatements & Press ReleasesOctober 2018
A call for swift implementation of reforms in Uzbekistan as IPHR witnesses surveillance of...
On 17-21 October, IPHR visited Uzbekistan for the first time since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power, at the invitation of the government. Over...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersMay 2016
Brussels talks to take stock of human rights in Turkmenistan
Today the EU’s annual Human Rights Dialogue with Turkmenistan will be held in Brussels to discuss the state of human rights in this Central...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersJuly 2016
UN Human Rights Committee to begin review of Turkmenistan
This week the UN Human Rights Committee will begin its second review of Turkmenistan’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...
AzerbaijanEventsJanuary 2016
Roundtable on Azerbaijan held in Brussels
On 19 January 2016, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the Open Society European Policy Institute (OSEPI) co-organized a roundtable discussion entitled “Justice...
KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanEventsApril 2013
Memorandum of Understanding adopted by Central Asian human rights NGOs
With support of international NGO partners, more than a dozen human rights NGOs from Central Asia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum...
KazakhstanEventsOctober 2014
Kazakhstan up for Universal Periodic Review
This week, on Thursday 30 October 2014, the human rights situation in Kazakhstan will be scrutinized in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review...
TurkmenistanStatements & Press ReleasesReports & Briefing PapersApril 2017
EU to discuss human rights with crisis-ridden Turkmenistan, NGOs document recent trends
Today the annual EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights Dialogue will take place in Ashgabat, with a delegation from Brussels meeting with representatives of national authorities to...