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Tian Shan Policy Center | HUMAN RIGHTS
PROMOTING THE RULE OF LAW ERADICATING TORTURE BY ADVANCING MODELS FOR REFORM Evidence-based Analysis, Education and Training
Human Rights groups in Kyrgyzstan and other countries of Central Asia have documented widespread abuses of detainees by law enforcement particularly targeting ethnic minorities, including beatings, suffocation, and threat of rape to induce confession, extortion, denial of attorney access, and lack of Fair Trial.
As a new President and Administration settles in after elections in Kyrgyzstan, Rule of Law advocates are now seeking new approaches to advancing practical institutional and legal reforms that are robust and durable. A key priority of TSPCs program is to facilitate a new strategy for legislative and institutional reforms by exploring lessons from other countries where reforms have succeeded, building an effective coalition to advocate these changes, and creating mechanisms to implement human rights treaty body decisions. The Tian Shan Policy Center is working with NGOs in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to promote work with official agencies around this issue. New Human Rights Policy Report for Kyrgyzstan Over the past decade, the U.N. Human Rights Council, its Special Rapporteurs, and various Treaty Bodies have called upon Kyrgyzstan to improve the rule of law by complying with human rights standards. These bodies recommended specific actions that the Kyrgyz Republic should take to better respect, protect and fulfill human rights pursuant to its treaty obligations. To improve Kyrgyzstan's processes of incorporating human rights standards into its national law and practice, TSPC produced the first Compendium on Recommendations for the Kyrgyz Republic from United Nations Human Rights Council, Treaty Bodies, and Special Procedures. Supported by the OHCHR and EU projects on civil society, the Compendium is now serving as a basis for dialogue among government policy-makers in Kyrgyzstan, international experts and NGOs. BUILDING GOOD GOVERNANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
ENHANCING CAPACITY OF CENTRAL ASIAN COMMUNITIES TO UTILIZE HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS IN GOVERNANCE In working to promote good governance and the implementation of international standards, treaty obligations, and human rights decisions in Kyrgyzstan, TSPC is collaborating with NGOs and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Central Asian section to facilitate better planning models, including through recommendations from UN UPR, Special Rapporteurs, and Treaty Bodies, and the use of benchmarks and indicators frameworks. In Turkmenistan, TSPC Deputy Director Michelle Leighton is working with partners in Facilitating the use of Human Rights Benchmarks and Indicators to improve implementation of international standards Many in the human rights community agree that there is a critical need to help government agencies establish robust plans that can serve as roadmaps toward improving human rights over time. Human rights strategies have a greater chance of success when they identify goals, and set benchmarks and indicators for achieving those goals. There are templates and mod See, Issues related to Sentencing Children to Die in Prison See Deputy Director Leighton's report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council and law review article cited by the United States Supreme Court in Graham v. Florida, 2010.
Human Rights Reports Kyrgyzstan underwent a Universal Periodic Review by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2010. It submitted a report for review by members of the Council on its implementation of human rights obligations. During the session it received questions and final recommendations from the Council.
See these Reports and other documents in English (E) and Russian (R)
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Reform has been difficult to pursue. A key barrier to preventing abuse has been the widespread impunity of officials. Existing authorities do not provide real protection for detainees, appropriate monitoring, comprehensive investigation, or mechanisms of accountability when law enforcement abuses power. .JPG)
els that many countries are now using to help them achieve success in this area. TSPC is seeking to collaborate further with official agencies and NGOs to improve government compliance with international decisions, findings and norms by helping to facilitate the use of these models in the human rights planning process. 
