The Main Directions of the International Legal Policy of the Republic of Tajikistan at the Present Stage
https://doi.org/10.17803/2713-0533.2023.2.24.455-471
Abstract
The article is devoted to topical issues related to ensuring peace, security and cooperation among the states of the Central Asian region. It pays great importance to international law as the most important means of implementing the foreign policy of the states of the region and as the basis for maintaining the modern world order. It considers such areas of the international legal policy of the Republic of Tajikistan at the present stage as the protection of the state independence and national security of Tajikistan at the international level; development of trusting relations, friendship and cooperation with all countries of the world, especially with the countries of Central Asia on the basis of mutual interests; protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens of Tajikistan abroad; combating terrorism, extremism and crime in general; cooperation in solving global environmental, water and climate problems; cooperation in the field of labor migration, taking into account the protection of the rights of Tajik migrants in foreign countries; cooperation in order to preserve the identity, national identity and self-knowledge of the Tajik people. The detailed consideration of main directions makes a unique contribution to the understanding of the international legal policy of the Republic of Tajikistan at the present stage.
Keywords
international legal policy,
main directions,
state independence,
national security,
development of trusting relationships,
friendship and cooperation,
protection of the rights and freedoms of a citizen and a person,
combating terrorism,
extremism and crime,
water and climate problems,
environment,
labor migration,
national identity
About the Author
S. A. Rajabov
Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Law
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Saitumbar A. Rajabov, Head of the Department of International Law of the
Institute of Philosophy; Professor in Public International Law, History and Law Faculty
Rudaki avenue, 33, Dushanbe 734025
Rudaki avenue, 121, Dushanbe 734003
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Rajabov S.A. The Main Directions of the International Legal Policy of the Republic of Tajikistan at the Present Stage. Kutafin Law Review. 2023;10(2):455-471. https://doi.org/10.17803/2713-0533.2023.2.24.455-471
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