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indicators was developed to enable effective monitoring and ensure accountability in the
implementation of the plan. That work resulted in the adoption of a national indicators
handbook in November 2014.
Kyrgyzstan: building capacity for the promotion and protection of the right
to adequate housing
19.
In Kyrgyzstan, the OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia provided technical
assistance in the preparation of the Housing Code that was adopted in May 2013. OHCHR
organized three parliamentary discussions on the draft code, which were attended by civil
society and representatives of housing associations. The discussions were instrumental in
raising awareness among relevant Parliamentary committees about the importance of
human rights considerations for the drafting of housing legislation. The discussions enabled
parliamentarians to hear independent views, thereby promoting transparency and
accountability in the legislative process.
20.
Throughout the legislative process, OHCHR provided human rights advice and
technical assistance to the drafters. The final text reflects many important aspects of the
right to adequate housing, as set out in relevant international norms and standards. It
defines the roles and responsibilities of the national and local self-government bodies in
relation to the right to housing and obliges the Government to create a national housing
fund to address resource constraints.
21.
The OHCHR Regional Office also played a key role in mobilizing joint advocacy by
the donor community on the need for a human rights-based approach to urban planning in
the context of development-based evictions, including in the south of Kyrgyzstan. Those
efforts were successful in gaining the support of the Mayor of Osh, who publicly committed
to taking human rights into account when implementing the Master Plan in Osh. In July
2014, on the basis of OHCHR advocacy, the President of Kyrgyzstan signed a law that
obliged local authorities to post adopted master plans of all cities, towns and villages on
their websites, and to display them in their offices for public reference.
22.
The Regional Office also provided technical assistance to the Government in
drafting the National Strategy on Sustainable Development 2013–2017. The Strategy goes
some way towards embracing the principle of participatory development and emphasizes
the importance of upholding the rights of all minorities in the development process.
Republic of Moldova: strengthening the national framework for social inclusion
and anti-discrimination
23.
Through the Human Rights Adviser to the United Nations country team, OHCHR
support to the Government of the Republic of Moldova on anti-discrimination legislation
began in 2008 and has contributed to the development of critical laws, translating the
international prohibition against discrimination into domestic legislation. OHCHR thus
provided advice for the development of the Law on Ensuring Equality and to the
subsequent establishment of the Council on the Prevention and Elimination of
Discrimination and Ensuring Equality (“Equality Council”). In May 2013, OHCHR
advocacy led the Republic of Moldova to accept the competence of the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review individual complaints and petitions.
OHCHR also provided advice on the development of the Law on Roma Community
Mediators, which was adopted on 22 March 2013 in order to promote the social inclusion
of the Roma, in line with the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
OHCHR also assisted in the development of the Law on the Social Inclusion of Persons
with Disabilities, adopted in March 2012, which requires equal legal capacity and
reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.
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