A TRAINING SEMINAR ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW WAS HELD
From October 12 to 14, 2026, a training seminar entitled “Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations: Human Rights in International Law and International Humanitarian Law” was held at the International University for the Humanities and Development, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat. Students from the Faculty of International Law of the International University for the Humanities and Development, the Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan, and the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan participated in the event.
The training seminar featured presentations by representatives of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, as well as international experts on human rights and international humanitarian law, Mr. Walter Suntinger and Dr. Marcus Brand. They spoke about the historical development of human rights, fundamental human rights and freedoms, basic concepts and key principles of human rights and international humanitarian law, the distinction between human rights law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and international migration law, as well as their relationship with domestic law and conducting legal analysis of real-life situations using human rights and international humanitarian law documents.
The organization of this training seminar is closely connected, first and foremost, to the initiative of the United Nations General Assembly declaring 2028 as the “Year of International Law” put forward on the proposal of Turkmenistan. The issues addressed during the seminar served as intention for developing the knowledge, skills, and the capacities of u students in this field.
Durli BALLYYEVA,
Senior Lecturer at the Department
of International Law and Comparative Law
of the Institute of International Relations
of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan