The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Kazakhstan met with the UN OHCHR Regional Representative for Central Asia

On April 21, the Commissioner for Human Rights, E.Azimova, met with the OHCHR Regional Representative for Central Asia, R.Komenda, to discuss further cooperation.

The Head of the OHCHR regional office has been requested to provide technical and expert support to strengthen the capacity of the Ombudsman. In turn, the Commissioner for Human Rights proposed several areas for such cooperation: discussion and expert commentary of the OHCHR office on the draft law on the Ombudsman; dialogue with the non-governmental sector, including in support of Kazakhstan's application for membership in the UN Human Rights Council for the period 2022-2024; development of a methodology for the preparation of HRH reports, taking into account the implementation of national indicators developed based on the 14 UN Global Human Rights Indicators; cooperation with the ombudsmen of the Pacific region.

During the meeting, E.Azimova also shared the results of the negotiations on March 17 this year with the head of the Universal Periodic Reviews Division D.Magadzeni, and representatives of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division of the OHCHR on the possibility of implementing technical projects and capacity-building projects of the Institute of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Kazakhstan with the assistance of the OHCHR.

National Center for Human Rights