LECTURE ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION AND STATELESSNESS WAS HELD
On November 12, 2026, a seminar was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan as part of a working visit to our country by specialists from the Regional Representation for Central Asia of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Hanifa Karimini and Balzhan Oshakbayeva. Students of Magtymguly Turkmen State University, the International University for the Humanities and Development, the Border Institute of Turkmenistan, as well as the students of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan attended in the event.
The meeting was dedicated to issues of international protection and statelessness and was timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 65th anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The experts thoroughly familiarized the audience with the legal foundations of international refugee protection, as well as UNHCR's activities in preventing and reducing statelessness.
At the conclusion of the lecture, the attendees asked questions and exchanged views on the fruitful cooperation between Turkmenistan and UNHCR and promising areas for further partnership. The event contributed to deepening the professional knowledge of future international lawyers.
Sohbet DURDYMYRADOV,
the 2nd-year student of the Faculty of International Law
of the Institute of International Relations
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan