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Human Rights Dissemination in Central Asia

Human Rights Education and Capacity Building in the Post-Soviet Space

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  • Examines the unexplored field of human rights education and capacity building in Central Asia
  • Provides an overview of activities in the field of human rights dissemination at the national and local levels

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Foreword

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Human Rights in Central Asia—Between Internationalization and Nation-Building

      • Melanie Hien, Florian Kuebler, Aikerim Nazaralieva
      Pages 3-14Open Access
    3. Transnational Higher Education—The Case of Kazakhstan

      • E. Varpahovskis, A. Kuteleva
      Pages 61-71Open Access
    4. Redesigning the Law Curriculum in Uzbekistan

      • Aziz Ismatov, Manuchehr Kudratov
      Pages 73-87Open Access
    5. Inclusive Human Rights Education in Tajikistan

      • Mohirakhoni Husnidinzoda
      Pages 89-103Open Access
  3. Back Matter

    Pages 129-133

About this book

This open access book explores the field of human rights dissemination in Central Asia. Offering a comparative perspective on five post-Soviet Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, it examines compliance with international human rights standards in these countries. The contributions capture various aspects of human rights dissemination through educational programs, seminars, training, and empowerment programs at Central Asian universities, together with Central Asian NGOs/CSOs and international organizations. 



The book shows that a change of behavior among state and non-state actors in the region can only happen when both local and international actors, usually international donors, jointly take action to report, train, and empower people in human rights. This book is an invitation to anyone interested in the (troubled) nexus between international human rights norms and standards and their implementation on the local level, as well as in the effective empowerment of citizen in the region.


Editors and Affiliations

  • OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

    Anja Mihr

  • Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), Regensburg, Germany

    Cindy Wittke

About the editors

Anja Mihr is DAAD Associate Professor at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She is Professor of Human Rights, Governance, Public Policy and Transitional Justice. Anja is also Founder and Program Director of the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Center on Governance through Human Rights in Berlin in Germany.

Cindy Wittke is Leader of the Political Science Junior Research Group (Nachwuchsgruppe) at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) in Regensburg, Germany. She is also Principal Investigator of the project “Politics of International Law in the Post-Soviet Space” (PolVR, FKZ 01UC1901), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

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