[ Human Rights ] Participants at an OSCE-supported discussion on international best practices for democratic control of the armed forces and human rights protection in the military in Armenia, Yerevan, 22 February 2011. (OSCE/Gayane Ter-Stepanyan) Turkmenistani authorities, ODIHR, jointly with the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, conducted a roundtable to present The Compendium of Good Practice in Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America on 27 and 28 January in Ashgabat. ODIHR experts presented human rights education practices from the Compendium, with special focus on aspects of possible relevance for Turkmenistan. Twenty Turkmenistani participants — including representatives of the Ministry of Education, the National Institute of Education, the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Turkmen State University, the Pedagogical Institute and the Institute for International Relations — discussed the practices and their possible implementation in Turkmenistan. In the Kyrgyz Republic, where the relevant governmental structures expressed some political will to strengthen the human rights component of the country’s educational programmes in schools and universities, ODIHR facilitated a roundtable to support it in practice. On 26 and 27 May, ODIHR co-organized, with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Regional Office of the OHCHR for Central Asia, the roundtable “Problems and Perspectives of Reforms Related to Human Rights and Civic Education in Schools and Universities in the Kyrgyz Republic: International Experience”. The event was a response to needs and opportunities identified 46 ODIHR Annual Report 2011 during an ODIHR assessment visit to Kyrgyzstan in March and April 2011. Approximately 40 practitioners and policymakers in the sphere of education participated in the roundtable. ODIHR experts presented the international human rights education framework, as well as examples of educational approaches from the Compendium related to both secondary schools and university levels. The Kyrgyzstani participants made a presentation about the current status of civic and human rights education and plans for further development. Recommendations included the need for a human rights-based assessment of school and university systems, as well as more effective and extensive integration of human rights into existing and new curricula in schools, universities and teacher training. Protecting Human Rights in the Fight against Terrorism ODIHR continued to raise awareness and understanding of human rights issues and obligations related to the fight against terrorism, as well to address gaps in the understanding of the factors involved in radicalization leading to terrorism. On 12 December in Vienna, ODIHR, in co-operation with the OSCE Secretariat’s Action against Terrorism

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