Head of the National Center for Human Rights participated in an international seminar in Turkestan

On October 22-23 of the current year in Turkestan in the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Hodja Ahmаd Yasawi an international seminar «The Future of the Turkic world – 2040» took place which was attended by the scientific community of Turkic-speaking countries as well as representatives of ombudsmen from Kazakhstan, Turkey, Azerbaijan and the Kyrgyz Republic.

The two-day international seminar considered the process of integration of the Turkic world under the program document «Turkic World - Vision 2040» signed by the heads of the member states (Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan) at the VIII Summit of the Organization of Turkic Speaking States in Istanbul on November 12, 2021.

Vision for the Future had breakout sessions on various topics: economics, health, trade, law, international relations, history, language, culture, and the arts.

The head of the National Center for Human Rights, Zere Utebayeva, gave a speech and stressed the need to continue to consolidate efforts to protect human rights and freedoms in Turkic-speaking countries.

«In recent years we have seen that cooperation between brotherly states is reaching a qualitatively new level in the development of political and socio-economic areas. This partnership covers the sphere of human rights protection, as evidenced by the Association of Ombudsmen and National Human Rights Institutions of Turkic States, established on May 12 this year in the city of Bursa (Turkey). The main purpose of its creation is to contribute to the effective resolution of issues of ensuring the rights of citizens» Utebayeva said.

Also, a representative of the Office of the Ombudsman noted that the individual, his life, rights and freedoms are the highest values of the state, clearly stated in Article 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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