Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission Report
OSI-New York
May 26, 2011

This Open Society Foundations event discusses the findings of the Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission Report with representatives from the Kyrgyz government, international agencies, and civil society.

Human Rights in Turkmenistan: Bleak and Getting Bleaker
OSI-New York
May 2, 2011
Guest Speaker(s): Robert Templer

At this Open Society Foundations forum, human rights experts discuss the worsening climate for civil society and a deterioration of respect for human rights in Turkmenistan.

Afghan Reconciliation and Human Rights: Role of the International Community?
OSI-New York
April 8, 2011
Guest Speaker(s): Francesc Vendrell

In Afghanistan, will hard compromises for peace erode hard-fought rights protections and further undermine the legitimacy of international involvement?

One Year After the Uprising: Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan
OSI-New York
March 29, 2011

This Open Society Foundations event explores the current status of human rights in Kyrgyzstan one year after its popular uprising.

Promoting a Stable and Multiethnic Kyrgyzstan: Overcoming the Causes and Legacies of Violence
Berlin, Germany
March 7, 2011
Guest Speaker(s): Viola von Cramon, Neil Melvin

This discussion, which looks into the causes and legacies of recent violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, launches the latest in the Occasional Paper series from the Open Society Central Eurasia Project.

Forced Child Labor: The Soviet Legacy in Post-Soviet Central Asia
OSI-New York
January 20, 2011
Guest Speaker(s): Rachel Denber, Umida Niyazova, Daniel Stevens

At this Open Society forum, speakers will debate the responsibilities of development and aid agencies engaging with Uzbekistan, and question whether these agencies do enough to address the issue of forced child labor.

Assessing a Transitional Justice Approach for Kyrgyzstan
OSI-New York
November 5, 2010
Guest Speaker(s): Marcie Mersky, Hanny Megally, Eugene Huskey

Speakers at this Open Society forum present the results of research conducted to assess how transitional justice methods could help achieve accountability for past human rights abuses in Kyrgyzstan.

Foreign Religious Education and Central Asia's Islamic Revival
OSI-New York
October 13, 2010
Guest Speaker(s): David Abramson

This Open Society Foundations event explores how foreign religious education is playing a role in redefining the relationship between Islam and state, and Islam and society in Central Asia.

Revisiting U.S.-Georgia Relations after the August War
OSI-New York
September 27, 2010
Guest Speaker(s): Lincoln Mitchell, Fiona Hill

At this Open Society forum, speakers discuss their recommendations for U.S. policy for Georgia in the aftermath of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.

Three Mirages and Two Markets: Understanding the South Caucasus
OSI-New York
September 24, 2010
Guest Speaker(s): Rajan Menon, Thomas de Waal

At this Open Society Foundations event, Thomas de Waal explores themes of his new book, The Caucasus: An Introduction.

Transparency and Accountability in the Electric Power Sectors of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.
April 28, 2010

This forum features top independent experts on electricity governance questions in Central Asia who have recently authored the first comprehensive electricity governance assessments for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

The First 100 Days of the Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship
OSI-Washington, D.C.
April 8, 2010
Guest Speaker(s): Vyacheslav Abramov, Anastasia Knauss, Yevgeniya Plakhina

Speakers at this Open Society Institute forum will discuss human rights developments in Kazakhstan during the first 100 days of that country's OSCE chairmanship, with particular focus on freedom of speech and of the media.

Peace vs. Human Rights? Implications for a Peace Settlement with the Taliban
U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.
April 1, 2010

Cohosted by the Open Society Institute and the United States Institute of Peace, this event looks at the implications of efforts to engage elements of the insurgency in negotiations, reconciliation, and reintegration.

Political and Economic Implications of the Northern Distribution Network in Central Asia
OSI-Washington, D.C.
March 3, 2010
Guest Speaker(s): Andrew Kuchins, Clark Adams

This Open Society Institute forum will discuss the implications of the "Northern Distribution Network," a supply line for allied forces that runs from the Baltic through Russia and Central Asia to Afghanistan.

Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship: Unfulfilled Promises
OSI-New York
February 24, 2010
Guest Speaker(s): Vladimir Shkolnikov, Anthony Pahigian

Panelists will explore the impact of Kazakhstan's Organization for Security and Cooperation chairmanship on Europe and on developments in Kazakhstan.