Human Rights Watch Documents on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Campaign

• Uzbekistan: One-Year Assessment of Benchmarks by the EBRD
  Joint Letter to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from International and Uzbek Human Rights Groups
  "At the end of the country strategy period, in March 2005, the EBRD will no doubt revisit Uzbekistan’s progress. It is our view that if by this time the government has met the benchmarks, the Bank should reconsider engagement with the public sector."
  
  Uzbekistan and the EBRD: Progress Report on the Human Rights Benchmarks
  One year after the adoption of the country strategy, it is clear that the benchmarks did not trigger the necessary reforms. This failure is attributable, first and foremost, to the Uzbek government's flagrant disregard for human rights and democracy, an attitude exhibited even during the EBRD annual meeting, when police detained or placed under house arrest human rights defenders to prevent them from attending public demonstrations, restricted media coverage of the event, and harassed and intimidated civil society activists participating in the meeting.
  March 23, 2004 Background Briefing
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• Uzbekistan: EBRD Should Suspend Public Loans
  Uzbek Failure to Meet Bank’s Benchmarks on Rights Must Carry Consequences
  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development should suspend all public-sector lending to Uzbekistan until the Uzbek government makes real progress toward meeting the EBRD’s human rights benchmarks, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter sent to the bank jointly with the nongovernmental organization CEE Bankwatch Network.
  
  
• Uzbekistan: EBRD Leading by Example
  Decision to Cut Investment Over Rights Abuses Welcomed
  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has correctly decided to limit its investment in Uzbekistan over the lack of progress in human rights, Human Rights Watch said today.
  April 7, 2004    Press Release
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• Uzbekistan: No Progress on EBRD Benchmarks
  Uzbekistan has made no real progress toward meeting the human rights benchmarks set by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in its current country strategy for Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch said today.
  November 25, 2003     Press Release
  
  
• Human Rights Developments in Uzbekistan from July to October 2003
  Monitoring of the EBRD Human Rights Benchmarks
  In July 2003, Human Rights Watch published a bulletin on human rights developments in Uzbekistan since the May 2003 annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Tashkent. This fact sheet provides an update on developments from July through October, with a forward view to the Bank's review of its Uzbekistan country strategy scheduled for March 2004.
  November 25, 2003     Campaign Document
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• Uzbekistan: EBRD Should Insist on Reform
  Press Release, July 17, 2003
  
  
• Fact Sheet: EBRD Annual Meeting--Tashkent and After
  June 2003
  
  
• Letter to EBRD President Jean Lemierre
  Letter, June 20, 2003
  
  
• Uzbekistan's Repressive Tactics Continue During EBRD Meeting
  Uzbek Media Falsely Quotes Human Rights Watch Speaker
   Press Release, May 7, 2003
  
  
• Uzbekistan: Harassment before EBRD Annual Meeting
  Bank's Commitment to Openness Tested
  Press release, May 2, 2003
  
  
• HRW Letter to President Islam Karimov
   Letter, May 1, 2003
  
  
• EBRD gathering in Tashkent: incentive for progress or endorsement of repression?
   Editorial, April 30, 2003
  
  
• Uzbekistan: New Strategy from EBRD
  Tashkent Must Meet Benchmarks
   Press Release, March 19, 2003
  
  
• Letter to EBRD Executive Directors from HRW and CEE Bankwatch Network
  On the Adoption of a Country Strategy for Uzbekistan
   Letter, March 6, 2003
  
  
• Clare Short Helps Out a Tyrant
   Editorial, February 24, 2003
  
  
• Letter to the E.U. in advance of the E.U.-Uzbekistan Cooperation Council on January 27, 2003
   Letter, November 26, 2002
  
  
• Update on the Human Rights Situation in Uzbekistan and a Short-List of Benchmarks for Progress that the EBRD Can Achieve before the May 2003 Annual Meeting
  September 2002
  
  
• Concern about EBRD Decision on Tashkent
  Press release, May 17, 2002
  
  
• Benchmarks for the EBRD to Set for the Uzbek Government
   Briefing, May 17, 2002
  
  
• Next Year in Tashkent?
   Editorial, May 17, 2002
  
  
• Open Letter to EBRD President Jean Lemierre
  Letter, May 16, 2002