Participants of an international conference in Hungary got acquainted with the process of ongoing transformations in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of human rights

Budapest, May 19, 2023 - Alua Nadirkulova, Deputy Head of the National Center for Human Rights of the Republic of Kazakhstan, took part in an international conference organized by the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary to strengthen cooperation with the ombudsman institutions of the countries of the Organization of Turkic States.

The event was also attended by the Ombudsmen of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Hungary Zhanibek Abdrashov, as well as the leadership of Hungarian law enforcement agencies among others.

In her speech, Nadirkulova spoke about the ongoing reforms in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the interaction between state power and civil society through the prism of the implementation of the concept of the "Listening State" and its future prospects. At the same time, she explained provisions that significantly expand the human rights potential of Kazakhstan, political reforms in the democratic context of the country's development, as well as current issues of the Kazakhstan’s Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights.

It is worth mentioning that the conference became a testamentary event of the working trip of the Ombudsmen of the Organization of Turkic States countries to Hungary, organized by Dr. Ákos Kozma, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary.

During her work trip, the Deputy Head of the National Center for Human Rights of Kazakhstan visited the regions of Hungary and got acquainted with the activities of the penitentiary institutions and police departments of the country, as well as held a number of bilateral meetings.