FRIDE - Defending Human Rights and Promoting Democracy

Defending Human Rights and Promoting Democracy

Casa de Galicia, Casado del Alisal 8 Madrid, Spain 12/12/2008

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Defending Human Rights and Promoting Democracy Euro-Atlantic approaches towards Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

On Friday 12 December, a group of 25 researchers, academics, human rights activists, NGO representatives and Spanish policy-makers gathered in Madrid for a roundtable on Euro-Atlantic approaches towards Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the field of democracy and human rights.

Over three sessions, the role of the European Union, NATO and the OSCE in Central Asia was discussed, as well as the current human rights situation in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The participants also touched on a variety of issues going beyond the issues of democracy promotion and human rights and debated the EU’s security and energy relationship with the Central Asia region.

The roundtable took place under the auspices of the EU-Central Asia Monitoring (EUCAM) project and was organised by the Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE) and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) with the kind support of the Human Rights Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAEC), Spain.