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A two-week Regional Training Course on Human Rights in the Administration of Justice was successfully conducted from 7th till 18th November 2005. This training course was sponsored by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and organized by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), Lund, Sweden, and the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. 23 regional participants were selected among 100 applicants to take part in this high-level training course. First week of the training course began with a general introduction to the development of the international human rights regime, including the civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights, the principles of non-discrimination of women, children, religious and ethnic/national minorities. And the second week was focused on certain rights and particular issues with relevance to the Central Asian context. Here are the main issues covered: the role of national human rights institutions, human rights in places of detention, independence of judiciary, minority rights, rights of migrant workers and internally displaced persons and human trafficking in Central Asia. During the course program local experts from the Ombudsman Office, the UNHCR, the UNESCO Commission for Kyrgyz Republic and the TACIS had an opportunity to share their knowledge and national experiences with the participants. The training course was concluded by awarding of the Certificates all training participants.