Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry reports that on 21 July Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Khadjiev met with the Regional Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia, Richard Komenda.
The sides discussed further cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UNHCHR, including the implementation of the obligations assumed and the implementation of the provisions of human rights conventions as well as activities undertaken by the Interdepartmental Commission to ensure the implementation of Turkmenistan’s international obligations in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law.
The Turkmen side said that it was ready to improve the potential of the Ombudsperson’s Office.
The Office of Turkmenistan’s Ombudsperson is getting ready to submit the application to be accredited by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) in 2023.
More on the activities of the Office is available in the article of “Chronicles of Turkmenistan”: “Impassioned speech of the USSR Komsomol leader”.
Turkmenistan’s Ombudsperson presents her 2021 performance report”.
Khadjiev stressed that an important aspect of joint activities is preparing reports to the UN treaty bodies.This year, Turkmenistan will have to submit regular reports on the implementation of the recommendations of the relevant Committees on two documents: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
It still remains unclear whether Turkmenistan will raise the issues of violations of women’s rights by the authorities in their national reports.
Let us recall that in April the Turkmen were concerned over the appearance and moral image of women.
The police had warned owners of beauty parlours that they might be fined and arrested for 15 days if they provide the services of lip augmentation, botox injections and lash and nail extensions.
Turkmenistan’s educational establishments organized meetings with female students to urge them to observe national traditions, refrain from using make-up and look humble.
In the meantime, at the Summit to discuss the Goals of Sustainable Development of Central Asian Countries held in Kazakhstan in June the head of the economic comitte of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan’s Majlis Serdar Arazov told media outlets that the ban is solely based on health issues.
“You have been misinformed about the appearance of women.We reviewed this issued from a medical perspective. “Comprehensive and thorough” analysis has been conducted to identify beauty parlours which provide illegal cosmetology services or violate hygiene requirements.
You probably mean this.As regards restriction, you must have been misinformed”, the official replied in response to the ban on cosmetic procedures for women.The post Turkmenistan to improve the performance of the Ombudsperson’s Office and report on respect for women’s rights first appeared on Chronicles of Turkmenistan.