The National Center for Human Rights hosted a final online meeting with regional Ombudsman Representatives to assess the capacity of the Ombudsman Institute

         On May 5, 2023, a final ZOOM meeting was held to assess the capacity of the National Human Rights Center.

         The meeting was organized by UNDP together with the Office of the Ombudsman and OHCHR. International experts on capacity assessment of national human rights institutions took part as speakers to explain the objectives, procedures and process of the assessment, as well as regional representatives of the Ombudsman and staff of the National Centre for Human Rights.

         During the meeting, Ombudsman Artur Lastayev welcomed international experts and spoke about the results of his working visit to Switzerland and the Side Event "The crucial role of NPMs in addressing torture and other forms of ill-treatment in Kazakhstan" organized within the 76th session of the UN Committee against Torture.

         In their turn, the regional representatives noted the importance of conducting the assessment as the experts will make concrete recommendations on strengthening and developing the capacity not only of the National Human Rights Center, but also of its regional representations.

        At the end of the event, the parties discussed the details of an upcoming visit by a team of international experts, including a trip to the regions to meet with representatives of the Commissioner for Human Rights and civil society.