2. With a view to strengthening the observance of human rights and fundamental
freedoms, the annual review of the Memorandum shall consider the following:
a. whether any revision to the Memorandum is needed;
b. whether any changes are needed to the working arrangements, so that this
Memorandum is put into practice effectively;
c. priorities for working together in the upcoming year;
3. This Memorandum supersedes previous agreements with the same purpose and
object between Signatory Parties.
4. This Memorandum may be amended at any time by agreement of the Signatory
Parties;
5. Any disagreements over the interpretation and/or application of this
Memorandum shall be settled amicably through consultations among the
Signatory Parties;
6. This Memorandum does not prevent non-signatory nongovernmental human
rights organizations actively working in the Kyrgyz Republic from entering
into similar agreements with government bodies;
7. Interested non-governmental organizations actively working in the sphere of
human rights protection may request to become signatories to this
Memorandum;
8. Non-governmental human rights organizations wishing to become signatories
to this Memorandum shall submit a written request to this effect to any partner
civil society organization, which then shall duly transmit the requests to other
Signatory Parties for approval;
9. If no Signatory Party raises an objection within ten working days from the day
of the receipt of a request to become a Signatory of this Memorandum, the
requesting nongovernmental human rights organization shall become a
signatory party to this Memorandum;
10. No provision of this Memorandum shall be deemed a waiver of any of the
privileges and immunities enjoyed by the OSCE and/or its staff.
Article 5
1. The Signatory Parties assign their Special Representatives, who shall be
authorized to represent the Parties on issues relating to the implementation of
this Memorandum.
2. The Special Representatives of Government Bodies are:
a. The Institution of the Akyikatchy (Ombudsman) of the Kyrgyz Republic
– Mr. Niyazaly Bekberdinov, Head of the Department of Monitoring
and Analysis of Human Rights;
b. The Prosecutor General’s Office – Mr. Aymambetov Shayloobek and
Mr. Malayev Almaz, Deputy Prosecutors for the oversight of legality in
the penitentiary institutions of the Kyrgyz Republic;
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