Training course on digital security and the closing event of the EIDHR project on torture prevention

September 21, 2015

On 22 and 23 September 2015, a training course on digital security for human rights defenders will take place in Bishkek, jointly hosted by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM), the Tian Shan Policy Center (TSPC) of the American University of Central Asia and Bir Duino Human Rights Movement. Participants will get the opportunity to discuss issues of safety of information and communication technology and security management.

On 24 September, the project “Strengthening the fight against torture and impunity in Kyrgyzstan: Prevention, Accountability, Remedy and Reparation” will celebrate the end of the activities with a reception at Damas hotel. In this occasion, BIM and TSPC will discuss the outcomes of the project and present the final product, the handbook on “Tools and Legal Standards for Monitoring Torture and Ill-treatment in Places of Detention”. The project subgrantee NGO Ventus (Karakol) will present the results of its project Stop Torture.

The project “Strengthening the fight against torture and impunity in Kyrgyzstan: Prevention, Accountability, Remedy and Reparation” is funded by the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights. The project aims at supporting legal and institutional reforms based on internationally recognised best practices and at supporting the capacity building of the Kyrgyz National Centre for the Prevention of Torture. BIM and TSPC are implementing partners of the project.

For more information, please contact Andrea Schuechner, andrea.schuechner@univie.ac.at or Daniele Rumolo, rumolo_d@auca.kg. Please visit the website of the Boltzmann Institute at: http://bim.lbg.ac.at/en and the website of TSPC at: https://www.auca.kg/en/tspc/.

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