OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supports ‘Newcomer Fest on Human Rights’
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a series of online discussions as part of the “Newcomer Fest on Human Rights”, which was launched on 27 October 2020. The Fest will see a number of awareness-raising and learning activities held for local community representatives on the importance of human rights and their protection.
The three-day online Fest is co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in partnership with the New Generation of Human Rights Defenders Coalition and involves some 35 participants. Representatives of government bodies, local civil society experts and international experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and Amnesty International are also attending the discussions.
They will focus on key trends and challenges in human rights education, access to information, freedom of expression and related restrictions in the light of COVID-19 pandemic. Particular attention will be paid to the rights of vulnerable groups and public participation in law-making.
A guest lecture will be devoted to digital technology tools that can be used by human rights defenders in countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The open discussions will be followed in November 2020 by a series of workshops for selected participants and online tours of human rights NGOs.
The event is part of the Programme Office’s activities in supporting the host country in strengthening human rights and fundamental freedoms.