Start date: 2016 (2012 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)
Areas of expertise: Rule of Law, Access to Justice, Constitutional Law, Human Rights
Highlights: 3+ projects, 7+ workshops , study visit

Overview
Since its independence in 1991, the Kyrgyz Republic grappled with economic, political, and justice sector adjustments, often falling short of identified deficiencies in rights protection, effective access to remedies and the promotion of the legal consciousness and assertiveness of its citizenry. The legal sector thus remained underutilised in driving change towards the rule of law in its many manifestations, including civil rights, gender equality and environmental protection.
The protests and successive revolutions of recent decades have not yielded the change aspired to by a vocal Kyrgyz public. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, as governments around the world deployed emergency measures or other restrictions on public life, the odds are further skewed against reform. Restrictions and stalled reforms are most keenly felt by already vulnerable persons.
Current projects in Kyrgyzstan
Completed projects in Kyrgyzstan
News Items
Human rights webinar series in Kyrgyzstan
The Foundation’s Activity Report 2022 is now available online
Inaugural workshop on human rights monitoring methodologies in Kyrgyzstan
The Foundation inaugurates its new three-year initiative for improved rights monitoring in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Jarany – the concept of tolerance and ethnic diversity
Contact

Dr Ilaria Vianello
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Phone: +49 (0)6221 91404 51
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Stephan F H Ollick
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Phone: +49 (0)6221 91404 58
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