Day 1:

5 December 2022

08.30 – 09.00

Registration, on-line connection

OPENING CEREMONY

(Ballroom)

Moderator:  

Akmal Saidov, First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the National Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights

  09.00 – 09.45

GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTORY WORDS:

·     Video-message of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Volker TÜRK  (Geneva)

·     Munir MAMMADZADE, OiC UN Resident Coordinator for Uzbekistan

·     Video-message of the the President of the UN Human Rights Council Federico VILLEGAS

·        Video-message of the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Matteo MECACCI

·     Video message of the Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law Directorate, Council of Europe Christos GIAKOUMOPOULOS

·     Video-message of the UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education  Stefania Giannini

·     Address of the Сhairman of the Executive Committee – Executive Secretary of the CIS Sergey LEBEDEV delivered by Beketjan JUMAKHANOV,  the Deputy chairman of the Executive Committee –  Executive Secretary of the CIS

PLENARY SESSION 1:

 Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training and the World Programme for Human Rights Education: good practices, challenges and the way forward

(Ballroom)

Objective: Discussing the implementation of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training and the World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing), principles and approaches to ensure effective human rights learning, as well as achievements and lessons learned, taking into account the development of technologies and contemporary challenges in the field of human rights education in various parts of the world.

Moderator:

Fabio PIANA, OiC Regional Representative of the UN OHCHR for Central Asia

09.45 – 10.35

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES:

Key speakers (up to 8 min):

·     Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education in the Republic of Uzbekistan

Akmal SAIDOV, First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the National Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights

·     United Nations human rights education initiatives and their implementation: a global perspective

Elena IPPOLITI, Coordinator of the Human Rights Education and Training Unit, UN OHCHR

·     Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training: good practices, challenges and the way forward

  Devendra Kumar SINGH, Secretary General of the National Human Rights Commission in India

·     Encouraging human rights education efforts relevant to today’s challenges: the revision of UNESCO’S 1974 recommendation

John PACKER, Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa (online)

·     4th phase (2020-2024) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education: implementation progress

Paulina TANDIONO, Associate Human Rights Officer, Human Rights Education and Training Unit, UN OHCHR

·  Fundamental human rights documents of the UN and modern times

Valeriy FADEEV, the Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights of the Russian Federation (online)

10.35 – 10.50

Discussions and Q&A (each speaker up to 3 min)

10.50 – 11.10

Coffee break

Moderator:

Mirzatillo TILLABAEV, First Deputy Director of the National Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights

11.10 – 11.50

REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES:

·     Expanding Access to International Education and Deepening Impact

David PATTON, President and CEO at American Councils for International Education

·     Human Rights Education: European Perspectives

Eva PASTRANA,  Head of Justice and Human Rights Training Division,
Council of Europe (online)

·     Human Rights Education: perspective of OIC-IPHRC

Haci Ali ACIKGUl, Chairperson of the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

·     Human Rights Education in Asia-Pacific: A Brief Review of Significant Practices

Jefferson PLANTILLA, Researcher at HURIGHTS OSAKA (online)

11.50 – 12.20

Discussions and Q&A (each speaker up to 3 min)

12.30 – 13.00

Group photo

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

PARALLEL SESSIONS:

The principles and approaches of formal human rights education:

global, regional and national experiences

Objective:  Discussion and presentation of best practices, innovative, gender-inclusive approaches to providing formal and non-formal human rights education, taking into account the development of technology, Internet resources, and the rapidly changing geopolitical picture of the world. Speakers will also share their experience in using online and offline learning methods, as well as the results and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the discussion, the groups will develop recommendations for inclusion in the Outcome Document of the Global Forum (Samarkand Action Plan to Promote Human Rights Education in Central Asia 2023-2025)

1^st parallel session:

Human rights education for children and youth: principles, approaches and

contemporary challenges

(Ballroom hall)

Objective: Discussion and presentations on different approaches to education for children and youth, including innovative, gender and inclusive approaches. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss both the positive and negative impact of modern technologies, the Internet, the rapidly changing geopolitical picture of the world.

Moderator:

Munir MAMMADZADE, Representative of the UNICEF in Uzbekistan

14.00 – 14.45

Key speakers (up to 8 min.):

· Human Rights Education in the system of public education in Uzbekistan

Vakhobjon RADJABOV, Deputy Minister of public education of Uzbekistan

· Infusion of human rights education in the primary and secondary school systems: good practices in the context of the World Programme

Elena IPPOLITI, Coordinator of the Human Rights Education and Training Unit, UN OHCHR

· Impact of human rights education: exploring key success factors in formal education

Hamdi ADDOW, UNESCO’s Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education (online)

·     Child Rights Education in education settings: Lessons learned and innovative good practices

Marie WERNHAM, Child Rights Education Expert for UNICEF Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP) in Geneva (online)

·     Human Rights Education: A Methodological, Theoretical and Critical Analysis"

Muharrem KILIÇ, Chairman of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (online)

14.45 – 15.20

Discussions and Q&A (each speaker up to 3 min)

15.20 – 15.40

Coffee break

Moderator:

 Paulina TANDIONO, Associate Human Rights Officer, UN OHCHR

15.40 – 16.40

·     Effective human rights education for, with and by youth: good practice

 Nika BAKHSOLIANI, Co-founder of Praxis for Change

·     Promoting human rights education in youth movements

Sian BAGSHAW, Manager, Diversity, Culture & Inclusion at the World Organization

                              of Scout Movement

·     Human Rights Education To Realize The Human Rights Of Women And Girls

Aizat RUSLANOVA, Executive Director, IDEA Central Asia

16.40 – 17.00

Discussions and Q&A  (up to 3 min)

17.00 – 17.30

Developing recommendations

2^nd parallel session:

 Human Rights Education in Higher Educational Institutions:

 Principles, Approaches and Contemporary Challenges (COVID-19, Technology Development, Internet Resources, Geo/Politics, etc.)

(Emerald)

Objective: Discussion and presentations on different approaches to professional education, including innovative, gender and inclusive approaches through the introduction of, for example, clinical legal education, and various competitions aimed at developing practical human rights skills and a common understanding of human rights law. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss both the positive and negative impact of modern technologies, the Internet, the rapidly changing geopolitical picture of the world (a special focus on inclusive education and its digitalization).

Moderator:

Ryszard KOMENDA,  former Regional Representative of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia

14.00 – 14.40

Key speakers (up to 8 min.):

· Inter-university cooperation for human rights education: Global Campus of Human Rights

Manfred NOWAK, The Global Campus of Human Rights (former EIUC – European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation) (online)

· Human Rights Education in Universities

Rein MÜLLERSON, Professor Emeritus of Tallinn University and member and former President of the Institute of International Law in Geneva

· Master’s program «International protection of human rights»

Aslan ABASHIDZE, Professor, Vice-chair of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (online)

· Human Rights Education in digital era

  Arkady SHKLIAR, Academician of Russian Academy of education and Ukraine Academy of pedagogical science 

·  MA on Human Rights Studies program for Central Asia at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek

 Anja MIHR, DAAD Associate Professor, OSCE Academy in Bishkek (online)

14.40 – 15.20

Discussions and Q&A (each speaker up to 3 min)

15.20 – 15.40

Coffee break

Moderator:

Komiljon KARIMOV, First deputy of Minister of special and high education
of the Republic of Uzbekistan  

15.40 – 16.40

· The Human Rights Education Ecosystem: the International Experience of a Law School in the Americas

Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, American University Washington College of Law, Co-Director of the Academy on Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; Former Member of the UN Committee Against Torture

·    Human Rights Education and Legal Clinics: linking academic researches with advocacy

 Nordine Drici, Chairman of French NGO Planète Réfugiés-Droits de l'Homme PRDH and OHCHR consultant (online)

·    The challenges of transitional human rights legal education

 Aziz Ismatov, Professor of the Center of the Asian Legal Exchange (CALE), Nagoya

                        University (online)

·    The Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition

 Frans Viljoen, Director of the University of Pretoria’s Human Rights Centre (online)

·    Human Rights Education in Universities: Uzbekistan experience

Islambek Rustambekov, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the Tashkent State Law

                                          University

16.40 – 17.00

Discussions and Q&A  (up to 3 min)

17.00 – 17.30

Developing recommendations

3^rd parallel session:

Ensuring continuous human rights education through professional institutions related to the administration of justice (courts, law enforcement, the Bar):

principles, approaches and contemporary challenges

(Diamond hall)

Moderator:

Ashita MITTAL, UNODC Regional Representative for Central Asia

14.00 – 14.50

Key speakers (up to 8 min.):

·        Subjects of trainings for law enforcement officers in the practice of the Committee Against Torture

 Bakhtiyor TUZMUKHAMEDOV, Professor, Vice-Chairperson of the Committee   Against Torture

· How to train judges in human rights? The Spanish experience

 Jorge JIMENEZ MARTIN, Secretary General of the Ibero-American network of judicial schools, Vice-president of the international organization for judicial training, Director of the School of Justice of Spain, Council of Europe consultant

·       Human Rights Education For Judges In Uzbekistan

Khoji-Murod ISOQOV, Director of the Supreme School of Judges, under the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan

·      Human Rights Education for Prosecutors

Evgeniy Kolenko, Head of the Academy of the General Prosecutor office of                        

                               Uzbekistan

· Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals

Sergey DIKMAN, Head of Innovation and development unit, Council of Europe

· Challenges to human rights training

Eva MASSA, Council of Europe consultant

14.50 – 15.20

Discussions and Q&A  (each speaker up to 3 min)

15.20 – 15.40

Coffee break

Moderator:

 Krystyna KHOKHLOVA, Project co-ordinator, Council of Europe

15.40 – 16.40

• Ensuring continuous rule of law education for lawyers

 Anton BURKOV, Head of online education project ECHR-Navigator

· Ensuring continuous human rights education for lawyers. Experience of Uzbekistan   

Alim Ernazarov, Chairman of the Chamber of lawyers of Uzbekistan

· Training for law enforcement officials: good practices in the context of the World Programme

Johan OLHAGEN, UN OHCHR (online)

· Training Course on Human Rights and Non-Discrimination for Law Enforcement Bodies

Dinara SHAMSHIEVA, Professor of the Department of Social and Political Disciplines and Psychology of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic

· Human Rights Education for Law Enforcement and Prison Staff

Shah SALMAN KHAN, Project Coordinator, Returning FTFs Detention Programme, UNODC Programme Office Tajikistan

16.40 – 17.00

Discussions and Q&A  (up to 3 min)

17.00 – 17.30

Developing recommendations

4^th parallel session:

Non-formal human rights education for civil society audiences: principles, approaches and contemporary challenges (focusing on gender, inclusiveness, migration)

(Zircon hall)

Objective: Discussion and presentations on different approaches to non-formal education, including innovative, gender and inclusive approaches for civil society audiences. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss both the positive and negative impact of modern technologies, the Internet, the rapidly changing geopolitical picture of the world (a special focus on inclusive education and its digitalization).

Moderator:

Hans-Ullrich IHM, Acting OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan

14.00-14.40

Key speakers (up to 8 min.):

· Human rights education for civil society audiences

Alexander Sungurov, Professor, Member of Board of the European Ombudsman Institute

·  Non-formal human rights education for civil society: Kazakhstan experience

Igor ROGOV, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

· Non-formal human rights education for civil society

Elizabeth KASA-MÄLKSOO, Tartu University School of Law, MA International Law and Human Rights Programme Director, Council of Europe consultant

· Promoting civic rights through education on the grass-roots level

 Bakhrom Radjabov, Head of the Office of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Uzbekistan

· Human rights education for human rights defenders, activists and vulnerable groups and in Central Asia: achievements and challenges

 Rustam KYPSHAKBAYEV, human rights specialist, UNAIDS for Central Asia

14.40 – 15.20

Discussions and Q&A  (up to 3 min)

15.20 – 15.40

Coffee break

Moderator:

Zeynal HAJIYEV, Head of the Coordination Office of the International Organization for Migration for Central Asia

15.40 – 16.40

· Human Rights Education for Persons with Disabilities (Human Rights School for Youth with Disabilities) and OHCHR’s documentary project

Iulia VOTSLAVA, National Program Officer, OHCHR ROCA in Bishkek

· Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities through human rights education (OHCHR movie)

·     Human Rights Education to Advance the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Good practices for disability inclusive development

Janet Lord, Senior Fellow, Harvard Law School Project on Disability (online)

· Human rights training for persons with disabilities: Uzbekistan experience

Abdula ABDUKHALILOV, Senior Teacher, Social Protection Department of the Social Science Faculty, National University of Uzbekistan

· On the relevance of legal education of immigrants from Uzbekistan in the diaspora" (using the example of the USA)

Raphael NEKTALOV, Coordinator of the Congress of Bukharian News of the USA and Canada, Editor-in-Chief of The Bukharian Times

· The Importance of legal education of migrants from Uzbekistan in the diaspora

Kamoliddin ISHANKHOJAEV, Chairman of the Board of the National
 Association of Non-Governmental Non-Commercial Organizations of Uzbekistan

16.40 – 17.00

Discussions and Q&A  (up to 3 min)

17.00 – 17.30

  Developing recommendations

PLENARY SESSION 2: Workshop

(Ballroom hall)

Moderators:

 Elena IPPOLITI, Coordinator of the Human Rights Education and Training Unit, UN OHCHR

 Paulina TANDIONO, Associate Human Rights Officer, Human Rights Education and Training Unit, UN OHCHR

17.30 – 18.30

Young educators advancing human rights around the world: good practices (OHCHR’s documentary project)

19.00 – 21.00

 Festive banquet from the Government of Uzbekistan (on invitation)

Day 2:

6 December 2022

08.00 – 08.30

Registration, on-line connection

PLENARY SESSION 3:

Lessons learned from human rights education and training practices at the international, regional and national levels

Objective: Exchange of views on lessons learned from human rights education and training  

                  practices at the international, regional and national levels

Moderator:

Akmal SAIDOV, First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the National Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights

08.30 – 09.00

Presentation of the session discussions

- Representative of the participants of the session 1

- Representative of the participants of the session 2

- Representative of the participants of the session 3

- Representative of the participants of the session 4

PLENARY SESSION 4:

DEVELOPING OUTCOME DOCUMENT

09.00 – 09.30

Adoption the Outcome Document (Samarkand Action Plan to Promote Human Rights Education 2023-2025).

FINAL SESSION 

09.30 – 09.40

Closing ceremony

·    Akmal SAIDOV, First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the National Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights

·    Fabio PIANA, OiC Regional Representative of the UN OHCHR for Central Asia

09.40 – 10.10

CEREMONY OF AWARDING

“For Human Rights Protection” Badge and

Human Rights Education Competition

11.00 – 14.30

Sightseeing in Samarkand

SIDE EVENT IN SAMARKAND STATE UNIVERSITY

“Master classes on Human Rights”

(for foreign experts)

Objective: The invited human rights professors from various universities of the world and experts will hold master classes in the teaching of human rights in law schools of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Samarkand, Namangan, Nukus, Termez and all other regions)

11.00 – 13.00

Universities in Samarkand + other online universities on request from offline and online guests

14.30 – 16.00

Lunch in “Oasis Garden” restaurant, Samarkand city

17.00 – 17.30

Departure from Samarkand