A/HRC/43/28 58. The Regional Office supported civil society organizations and legal clinics at tertiary educational institutions that provided free-of-charge qualified legal assistance in matters related to human rights, with a focus on cases related to non-discrimination and human rights protection in the context of countering violent extremism. 59. In addition, the Regional Office supported efforts to promote multicultural education in Kyrgyzstan. It also successfully completed a long-term strategic litigation programme on non-discrimination for lawyers and human rights defenders in Kyrgyzstan, which aimed, inter alia, to support ethnic and religious minorities. 60. In the Republic of Moldova, the fourth edition of the Diversity Internship Programme for youth belonging to underrepresented groups was launched under the leadership of OHCHR with the aim of enhancing the internal diversity of the United Nations team and empowering minorities. Some 12 young people from various underrepresented groups, including ethnolinguistic minorities, joined several United Nations entities in the Republic of Moldova for internships lasting up to six months. F. Minority youth 61. Having identified youth as a “spotlight population” in its 2018–2021 Management Plan, OHCHR amplified its work to promote human rights with and for young people through the deployment of youth officers across five field presences in 2019. The young people supported implementation by OHCHR of the United Nations Youth Strategy, with a focus on protecting and promoting young people’s human rights, including by placing a greater focus on young people experiencing intersecting forms of discrimination and abuse. 62. OHCHR focused in particular on ensuring the protection of minority youth against the multiple forms of discrimination they faced, especially the grave vulnerability to which they were exposed in situations of conflict. 63. In the context of the two human rights education projects implemented by the human rights component of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo,47 two non-governmental organizations, one based in Pristina and the other in North Mitrovica, conducted a series of educational activities with high school students in both Kosovar Albanian and Kosovo Serb municipalities aimed at combating and preventing discrimination on the grounds of nationality, ethnicity, religion or language. Around 300 young people from non-majority communities participated in human rights training and discussed how to advocate for human rights in their communities. According to the questionnaires conducted throughout the project, the training sessions improved beneficiaries’ ability to identify discrimination and related behaviours in their schools and community. Another important outcome of the project was the practical educational manual/guidelines on human rights education and non-discrimination designed for the use of human rights defenders, educators, and teachers. The document was published in Albanian, English and Serbian. 64. In April, OHCHR organized, in Bangkok, the subregional workshop on the role of youth as agents of change in building societies based on respect for the rights to freedom of religion or belief, and freedom of expression. That capacity-building activity on minority rights offered an opportunity to strengthen youth capacity on combating hate speech. The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief explored, with young people, the interdependence between freedom of expression, opinion, thought, conscience, religion, peaceful assembly and the enjoyment of minority rights. The event included various approaches that served to counter discrimination and hate speech using social media, short videos and other visuals. The young people gained insights on how best to use international human rights mechanisms in their strategies to counter discrimination and hate speech. 47 All references to Kosovo in the present document should be understood to be in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). 11