Uzbekistan

The Uzbekistan program of the Central Eurasia Project principally addresses human rights and rule of law issues. Funding is available for projects focusing on the following themes:

  • implementation and enforcement of constitutional norms and international commitments of Uzbekistan in the field of human rights;
  • freedom of expression and press;
  • child and forced labor;
  • farmer and labor rights;
  • minority rights;
  • transparency and accountability of international assistance to Uzbekistan;
  • rule of law and equal access to justice as a precondition for business, economic, social, and human development.

Special attention is given to research, documentation, monitoring, and reporting to UN mechanisms on human rights.

Related Information

Call for Proposals: Central Eurasia Project
Deadline: Ongoing
Funds are available in programmatic areas including human rights, labor migration, transparency and consumer protection, and transparency of Western military and security cooperation.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / University of St Andrews Scholarships
Deadline: February 3, 2012
The scholarships provide opportunities for independent postgraduate study at the University of St Andrews in Scotland for applicants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Actions, Not Words, in Uzbekistan
Jeff Goldstein
November 4, 2011
blog BLOG  
Why do American officials believe, against all the evidence, that Uzbek strongman Islom Karimov is serious when he says he wants to introduce democratic reforms?

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