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Name:
Turdubekova, Nazgul
Country of birth:
(Not listed)
Languages:
Kyrgyz (native), Russian (fluent), English (working)
Current position/function:
Director of Public Fund ”Child`s Rights Defenders League" (2008-present).
Main professional activities
February 2016 - present: Public Adviser on Child Rights of the Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan on Social Affairs
2015 - present: Chairman of the Coordination Council of National Center for the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Deputy Chairman of the Coordination Council on Social Protection and Child`s Rights under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
2013-present: Member of the Coalition of NGOs for the Promotion of Socio-Economic Rights
2000 - 2008: Coordinator of the Programme "Monitoring of Human Rights in the Kyrgyz Republic", NGO "Youth Human Rights Group"
1996 - 2000: Social worker in two shelters for street children, "Ak-Jol" and Center for the Protection of Children
1993 - 1996: Teacher of the Kyrgyz Language Grammar, School #29, Bishkek
Why do you want to serve on the CRC?
As a member of the UN Committee on the rights of the child, I am eager to contribute towards enforcement mechanisms of international law on child protection. I plan to work in the following areas: the study of state reports on the rights of children and the imposition of the concluding observations, coordination of international cooperation to provide technical assistance to States, the elaboration of General comments to the Convention, conducting research on issues relating to the rights of the child (thematic discussions, suggestions to the UN Secretary General on research, informal regional meetings).
What do you see as important emerging child rights issues that you believe the Committee should be addressing?
One of the main difficulties in the implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of the child in the participants' countries may be the following:
1) State bodies have a lack of professional competency to promote the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the rights of the child at national level.
2) A lack of political mechanisms at national level impede smooth integration and mainstreaming of recommendations of the UN Committee on the rights of the child in policy development framework.
3) Lack of economic resources complicates implementation of socio-economic rights of children, for example, ratification of UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities.