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Training on International Religious Freedom Standards Held in Uzbekistan
From March 13-18, USAID’s Legal Education Project, implemented by ABA/CEELI, organized a series of trainings for defense lawyers and human rights activists on international religious freedom standards and their application in domestic and international courts. Approximately 80 participants from across Uzbekistan were provided with a broad perspective on religious freedom issues, as laid out in international law, with particular emphasis on UN documents to which Uzbekistan is a signatory. While several lawyers had prior experience dealing with religious freedom cases, usually extremism cases, this training provided them with a firmer theoretical background on a variety of issues, such as acceptable and unacceptable government limitations on religious practice, registration of religious communities, religious education, and proselytism. The trainings were delivered by an internationally renowned expert on religious freedom issues and a member of OSCE/ODIHR’s Advisory Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion and Belief, Professor W. Cole Durham, Jr. from Brigham Young University. The seminars provided Uzbek lawyers and human rights activists tools for defending clients whose religious rights may have been violated.
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Prof. W. Cole Durham, Jr. from Brigham Young University conducts training on Religious Freedom Standards
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