Name: Human Rights Dissemination in Central Asia
ISBN: 978-3-031-27972-0

Editors:

Anja Mihr
1. OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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Cindy Wittke
1. Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), Regensburg, Germany
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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)

Front Matter

Pages i-vii

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Foreword
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Human Rights in Central Asia—Between Internationalization and Nation-Building
  
  Melanie Hien, Florian Kuebler, Aikerim Nazaralieva
  
  Pages 3-14Open Access
3. Human Rights in Central Asia: Challenges and Perspectives
  
  Sergey Sayapin
  
  Pages 15-29Open Access
4. Human Rights Education and Human Rights in Central Asia
  
  Anja Mihr
  
  Pages 31-45Open Access
5. Human Rights as a Concept of Public Law: Challenges for Central Asian Higher Education Systems
  
  Rustam Atadjanov
  
  Pages 47-60Open Access
6. Transnational Higher Education—The Case of Kazakhstan
  
  E. Varpahovskis, A. Kuteleva
  
  Pages 61-71Open Access
7. Redesigning the Law Curriculum in Uzbekistan
  
  Aziz Ismatov, Manuchehr Kudratov
  
  Pages 73-87Open Access
8. Inclusive Human Rights Education in Tajikistan
  
  Mohirakhoni Husnidinzoda
  
  Pages 89-103Open Access
9. Awareness in Central Asian States of Discrimination Against Labor Migrants Abroad
  
  Kasiet Ysmanova
  
  Pages 105-114Open Access
10. Gender Equality and International Human Rights Law in Kyrgyzstan
  
  Aizhan Erisheva
  
  Pages 115-127Open Access
Back Matter

Pages 129-133

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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.

Keywords

Open Access
Internationalization
State Building
Political Science
Human rights education
Human rights empowerment and capacity building
International human rights norms
Post-Soviet Central Asian states
Autocratic regimes
International organizations

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).

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Human Rights Dissemination in Central Asia
Book Subtitle: Human Rights Education and Capacity Building in the Post-Soviet Space
Editors: Anja Mihr, Cindy Wittke
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27972-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
License: CC BY
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27971-3Published: 04 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27972-0Published: 03 May 2023
Series ISSN: 2191-5466
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5474
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 133
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Politics and Human Rights, Public International Law, Asian Politics

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

Front Matter

Foreword