EU-Kyrgyzstan human rights diplomacy: good effort but weak follow-up
On 29-30 October, the 5th EUKyrgyzstan Civil Society Seminar(CSS) was held in Osh in southKyrgyzstan, where the violent June 2010...
Human Rights
Discussing human rights with Central Asia is not enough
Universal human rights seem to bypass Central Asia Central Asia is probably the most authoritarian region in the world. According...
Evaluation of the EU’s human rights policies and engagement in Central Asia
This report, that was commissioned by the European Parliament, argues that European support for human rights in Central Asia mostly...
Trading values with Kazakhstan
The European Union (EU) and Kazakhstan have become important partners over the past decade. The EU is Kazakhstan’s leading trade...
The EU Needs a New Values-Based Realism for its Central Asia Strategy
Last summer, on the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the EU Strategy for Central Asia, the European Council approved...
EU Human Rights and Democratisation Assistance to Central Asia: In Need of Further Reform
Introduction One of the declared priorities of the European Union (EU) in Central Asia is the strengthening of good governance,...
Democracy in Central Asia: Sowing in unfertile fields?
Introduction Central Asia is one of the most repressive regions in the world. Compared with the two other former-Soviet regions...
Harvesting the ‘White Gold’
Check your sweater How do you know that your sweater has not been made of cotton harvested by Uzbek children...
Supporting Civil Society in Central Asia: What Approach for the EU?
In recent years, EU assistance to civil society in third countries, including in Central Asia, has increasingly relied on a...
The EU-Central Asia Human Rights Dialogues: Making a Difference?
Introduction Structured human rights dialogues (HRDs) were introduced as part of the broader EU democratisation policy towards Central Asian states...
Into EurAsia – Monitoring the EU’s Central Asia Strategy
The EUCAM Final Report in paperback offers the first assessment of the ambitious strategy to upgrade the EU's cooperation with...
Kazakhstan on the eve of the OSCE chairmanship: Madrid commitments and domestic political landscape
The prospect of Kazakhstan’s chairmanship of OSCE was controversial due to the country’s poor human rights record. None of the...