Young CIS Parliamentarian Against Glorification of Nazism

The conference “Youth Against Glorification of Nazism” was held via videoconferencing. The event was organized by the Youth CIS Interparliamentary Assembly and dedicated to the 75^th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.

Coordinator of the Youth CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, Member of the Committee of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Science, Education, Culture and Sport Mukhammad Valiyev opened the conference and noted the YIPA CIS paid much attention to the preservation of historical memory of the peoples of the Member Nations. He told about the successful implementation of the media project “Memory Lines” and reminded that on 8 October 2020 the YIPA CIS had held a special session and adopted the Appeal to the Youth of the Commonwealth on the 75^th Anniversary of Victory.

IPA CIS Council Secretary General Dmitriy Kobitskiy addressed the participants with a welcome speech and noted that the issues on the agenda of the conference were of great importance for the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly. The relevant IPA CIS commissions drafted the Model Laws on Lasting Tribute to the Defenders of the Nation and on Cultivating Patriotic Element, on Preventing the Apology and Glorification of Nazism, Nazi Criminals and their Henchmen, which were reflected in the national legislations of the CIS Member Nations.

Executive Secretary of the Joint Commission at the IPA CIS for the Harmonization of National Laws Related to Security, Countering Emerging Threats and Challenges Stanislav Korostelyov presented the report “Modern International Legal Regime as the Main Outcome of the Second World War”. He reminded that this regime was based on the UN Charter and recognized the respect for human rights as a common interest and an international criterion for evaluation of state policy. He noted that within this paradigm the IPA CIS Council had adopted in 2017 the Statement on the Inadmissibility of the Justification of Nazism and Desecration of Memory of Anti-Hitler Coalition Warriors.

The conference was also attended by Member of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Physical Culture, Sport, Tourism and Youth Affairs, Member of the youth parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation to the YIPA CIS Natalia Kuvshinova, Chair of the Committee of the Majlisi Milli of the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan on Ensuring Constitutional Principles, Human and Civil Rights and Freedoms and Rule of Law, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Tajik National University Dilshod Rahmon, Member of the Standing Commission on Economic Policy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the youth parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Belarus to the YIPA CIS Svetlana Gorval, Member of the Standing Committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova on Culture, Research, Education, Youth, Sport and Mass-Media, Member of the youth parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Moldova to the YIPA CIS Nichita Turcan, Member of the Committees of the Committee of the Milli Mejlis of the Azerbaijan Republic on Legal Policy and State Building and on Defense, Security and Combating Corruption Amina Agazade, etc.