Category Archives: Asia

Foundation conducts workshop for lawyers from the Eastern and North Central Provinces of Sri Lanka

Held from 20 to 22 October 2023, the workshop focused on human rights and lawyering [...]

Training-of-Trainers: Kyrgyz lawyers and advocates convened at three-day workshop in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Lawyers and NGO representatives attended a workshop on human rights law in the Kyrgyz capital [...]

Foundation convenes workshop for High Court Judges in Sri Lanka

The workshop examined a rights-based approach to judicial reasoning and practice in times of crisis. [...]

Foundation implements second workshop on economic, social and cultural rights for officers of the HRCSL and civil society in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

From the 5 to 7 October 2023, the Max Planck Foundation convened the second workshop [...]

The Foundation delivered the first “Training of Trainers” for Judges of the Maldives in Malé

Between 23-25 September 2023 Judges from various tiers of the justice system have attended the [...]

Human rights webinar series in Kyrgyzstan

The Max Planck Foundation, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and local Kyrgyz organisations [...]

Women’s rights and gender apartheid in Afghanistan in the spotlight

The speakers discussed the mobilisation of international law to address the situation of women in [...]

The Foundation kicked off its first event in Tajikistan

The Max Planck Foundation’s Central Asia team organised a working meeting with representatives from various [...]

Foundation successfully concludes a workshop for officers of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL)

A workshop on economic, social and cultural rights was conducted for officers of the HRCSL [...]

First temporary posting of a Research Fellow to the Maldives Attorney General’s Office successfully concluded

On-site technical legal support on urgent and priority Bills was provided by the Max Planck [...]