Expanding Legal Cooperation Among SCO Member States

Congress Centre, conference hall B2 (2nd floor)

International Law in a Changing World

Broadcast

The development of strategic approaches to intensifying legal cooperation between countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in matters concerning jurisprudence is a crucial issue that needs to be addressed. Given the regionalization and strengthening of economic, political, and social ties between SCO member states, engaging in legal cooperation is not only becoming a pertinent, but also an essential component for the region’s sustainable development. With their unique legal and cultural heritage, SCO countries face common challenges, such as the need to improve the quality of legal education, ensure access to expert legal assistance, and bolster trust between legal systems. The provision of legal services plays a key role in ensuring law and order in SCO countries. However, effective interaction and integration between various legal organizations of the member states is currently lacking. This session will address the following key issues: what mechanisms of interaction between law schools in SCO countries could be used to unify approaches to the training of legal personnel? What uniform standards in legal education and professional training could be developed for SCO countries? What legal and organizational barriers are preventing foreign lawyers from accessing the legal services markets in SCO countries, and how can they be eliminated? What are the main focuses of cooperation between lawyers, notaries, and legal organizations of SCO countries, and how can they help improve the quality of legal services? What role can government agencies play in strengthening legal cooperation between SCO countries? What technological solutions could be used to create unified platforms to exchange experience and information between lawyers and legal organizations in SCO countries?

Moderator

Oleg Zaitsev

Dean of Higher School of Jurisprudence Department, Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Panellists

Abdukhalil Gafurzoda

Plenipotentiary Representative of the Parliament of the Republic of Tajikistan in the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Olga Emelyanovich

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law for International Cooperation and Internationalization of Education, Belarusian State University

Alexander Lasch

Head of the Department for Legal Support of International Economic Integration of the Department of International Law and Cooperation, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Anastasia Milyutina

First Deputy Executive Director - Chief of Staff, Association of Lawyers of Russia

Jiang Siyuan

Chief of Secretariat, China National Institute for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation International Exchange and Judicial Cooperation

Marina Tokareva

Vice Rector, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Pavel Troshchinsky

Head of the Center for Political Research and Forecasts, Institute of China and Modern Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences

Batyr Tursunov

Deputy Secretary General, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Front row participants

Alexander Alekseenko

Associate Professor of the Department of Commercial Law, Scientific Director of the Program "Jurisprudence with In-Depth Study of the Chinese Language and Law of the PRC", St. Petersburg University

Dmitry Bogdanov

Professor of the Department of Civil Law, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)

Anna Surdina

Director of International Development, Higher School of Law, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)