- Date
- September 2010
This International Center for Transitional Justice report is based on interviews with more than 30 civil society organizations and high-level government officials conducted during an expert mission to Kyrgyzstan in June 2010. Funded by the Open Society Foundations, it discusses how Kyrgyzstan might deal with rights abuses over the past 15 years, including the period leading up to the April 2010 revolution as well as political and ethnic violence that erupted in June.
Assessing a Transitional Justice Approach for Kyrgyzstan considers interim government initiatives on truth-seeking, prosecutions, reforms, and reparations for victims. It raises concerns about some of these measures, and makes recommendations for further and more effective progress in these areas. The report also recommends steps to counter ongoing impunity, as well as to combat widespread corruption, and address electoral issues as well as systemic shortfalls in law enforcement and justice institutions.