Participants in the seminar on preliminary proceedings. Uzbekistan
As part of the consultations on the introduction of the new office of investigating magistrate in Uzbekistan as of January 1, 2025, and in continuation of the seminar on the protection of the rights of the accused in preliminary proceedings held in August 2024, IRZ held a follow-up event in Tashkent on October 21 and 22, 2024.
The Supreme Court and the Office of the Public Prosecutor General of the Republic of Uzbekistan were involved as partners, along with the international non-governmental organization “Regional Dialogue”, which is committed to promoting the rule of law in Uzbekistan.
In addition to the Uzbek judiciary from the Supreme Court and regional and municipal courts, the public prosecutor's office was also represented at the two-day seminar this time.
The legal framework of the preliminary proceedings was one of the main topics. The German team of experts presented the responsibilities of the police, the public prosecutor's office and the investigating judge, and then used case studies to address practical issues. They discussed individual legal decisions with the participants. Particular attention was paid to safeguarding the rights of the accused in criminal proceedings.
IRZ is planning further practical training courses for the Uzbek judiciary in 2025.
(from left to right) Latif Zhalov, Head of the Anti-corruption Department; OStA Dr Rüdiger Reiff, Head of the Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office, Deputy Attorney General Svetlana Artikova, Prof Dr Bijan Nowrousian, Münster Police Academy. Uzbekistan
A seminar on the prevention and fight against corruption was held in Tashkent on 28-29 November 2023 to continue the anti-corruption consultations conducted in recent years by IRZ in collaboration with the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent City Prosecutor's Office. This seminar focused on the criminal liability of legal entities.
The 40 participants were high-ranking representatives from the relevant departments of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Anti-Corruption Agency, the Supreme Court, the Customs Authority, and potential investigators from the Academy of Law Enforcement Authorities.
The Uzbek speakers presented the anti-corruption reforms in Uzbekistan, in particular the priorities set and the successes achieved to date.
The experts from Germany provided an overview of the current situation in the fight against corruption in the Federal Republic, and set out the manifestations of corruption in the state and society and addressed the procedures, perpetrators and the damage.
The German contingent explored and discussed the topics of the detection of corruption, the legal protection of whistleblowers, (criminal) responsibility of managing directors and legal entities, compliance in companies and in the public authorities, asset confiscation in the event of corruption offences and the criminal liability of bribery of members of parliament in Germany
Sascha Kuhring, Deputy Head of the Security Department at penitentiary institution Moabit; Sergey Frenkel, Deputy Head of the Public Prosecutor´s Office Tashkent, Heiko Möllendorf, Senior Prison Service Manager, Dildora Asatellaeva, local representative in Uzbekistan (from left to right). Uzbekistan
As a follow-up to the working visit of an Uzbek delegation to Berlin in April 2024, a seminar on prison reform incorporating international standards took place in Tashkent on August 29, 2024.
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan opened the seminar with the Head of the International Legal department, Rustam Giyasov, and Mirmukhammad Mirkhamidov, executive Head of the Department for monitoring the legality of the execution of judicial acts. They emphasized the importance of exchanging professional experiences at the international level, the desire to improve the work with convicts and to ensure the protection of human rights. The introductory lecture by the public prosecutor Farrukh Rakhmatullayev focused on the role of the public prosecutor as a supervisory authority in the penal system.
With Sascha Kuhring, Deputy Head of the Security Department at penitentiary institution Moabit, and his colleague Heiko Möllendorf, Senior Prison Service Manager, two extremely experienced practitioners were on hand. In the context of protecting human rights in the penal system, they described the regulations of penal institutions in Germany, addressed the rights and duties of convicts, and reported on further training for prison staff and topics such as security management and hazard prevention.
The exchange of experiences was very beneficial for the participants, most of whom work in the penal system. They were particularly impressed by the opportunities for the resocialization of convicts and by the educational work of the staff in German prisons.
