2nd Eurasian Human Rights Forum

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Published: January 19, 2021
During the 2nd Eurasian Human Rights Forum: Zauresch Baimoldina (centre), Head of the Law Academy of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan
During the 2nd Eurasian Human Rights Forum: Zauresch Baimoldina (centre), Head of the Law Academy of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan

International Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. On 10 December 2020, the occasion was marked by the 2nd Eurasian Human Rights Forum. The forum, organised jointly by IRZ, the Law Academy of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan and KAZGUU University, was held in a hybrid format at the Law Academy and online.

The Head of the Law Academy, Zauresch Baimoldina, opened the forum and led the event, which was broadcast on YouTube and watched by around 700 interested parties.

Welcome speeches were given by the German Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Dr. Tilo Klinner, as well as by Professor Sergey Pen, Head of KAZGUU University, and Aslan Tukiyev, a judge at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The speakers covered topics including the Kazakh government’s plans to abolish the death penalty, the reform of voting rights with the thirty percent quota for women and young people on party lists and a law passed in spring 2020 to allow peaceful protests.

IRZ was represented by two experts at the event:

  • Isabelle Biallaß, a Local Court judge and desk officer at the Ministry of Justice for the North Rhine-Westphalia region, gave a lecture on “The Ethical Charter on the use of artificial intelligence in judicial systems (CEPEJ)”.
  • Dr. Kerstin Ashauer, Head of Department for the Senator for Justice and the Constitution for the Bremen region, gave a lecture on the “Protection of Human Rights in Prison in the COVID-19 Context”.

The other lectures at the forum were given by scientists and academics from universities in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. These covered a wide range of subjects focussing on current aspects concerning the protection of human rights.

IRZ plans to continue its successful cooperation with the Law Academy of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan next year.