Tamerlan R. Ibraimov
Working languages: Russian, English and Kyrgyz
Current position/function
Chair of the Board and Researcher at the Center for Legal & Political Studies (Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan), international consultant for number of local and international institutions on a
variety of public policy issues, including human rights and migration. Also serves as member of
the Consulting Advisory Councils under the Ministry of Economic Development and the State
Recruiting Agency, columnist in the leading electronic mass media Chalkan and Azattyk, expert
in Institute of Public Policy, one of the leading think tanks in Central Asian region.
Main professional activities
Participated in drafting of many laws in working groups with local and international experts,
deputies of parliament and representatives of executive branch, including Law on External Labor
Migration and Law on Credit Unions.
Wrote number of policy papers pertaining to democracy, rule of law, human rights and
protection of migrants, education issues, business development, cooperatives and etc.
Developed programs for leading political parties in Kyrgyzstan, including issues of migration.
Conducts round tables, trainings, conferences in the fields of democracy development, labor
market, migration and migrants, elections, political parties’ development, rule of law, small and
medium size enterprises, education, etc.
Educational background
Ph.D. in Law (Kandidat Yuridicheskih Nauk), Kyrgyz National University (2010).
Master of Laws (LLM), American University, Washington College of Law, Washington DC,
USA (2009) and Law degree, Kyrgyz National University (1996).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Being lawyer and at the managerial positions in a number of legal and consulting firms,
including international companies, in Kyrgyzstan, provided overall management, coordinated
contacts with governmental agencies and businesses, rendered legal support for company’s
operations and legal advisory services to the state bodies and NGOs also on issues of migration,
improvement of the legal framework for access of migrants to services, including health care,
their integration in the host countries and reintegration upon return.
Other training included internship in American Bar Association in Washington DC, USA on
human rights, public policy analyses and papers writing seminars by Soros-Kyrgyzstan
Foundation, New College in Oxford, UK on International Human Rights Law.
As lecturer at the Kyrgyz State University taught courses on Theory of law, Constitutional law,
Human Rights that include diverse aspects of migration and its regulation.
Most recent publications in the field
Number of publications in a leading local and foreign editions on many public policy issues,
including on migration processes, civil and political rights of people, democratic development,
political parties and elections in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asian region.