News and press releases

ASTANA, 14 March 2014- Trends and challenges in reforming penal legislation in Central Asia were the focus of a regional conference, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana, held in the capital of Kazakhstan today...

AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 6 March 2014 – An OSCE-supported two-day roundtable discussion on the ongoing reform of the Criminal Procedure Code of Kazakhstan and major areas of criminal justice modernization began today at Ak-Bulak near Almaty...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 5 March 2014 – A three-day training seminar on drug-crime detection and prosecution, with a special focus on controlled delivery and purchase, began today in Almaty...

A two-day reunion meeting for Kazakhstan’s alumni of the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) concluded on 3 March 2014 in Astana. The event, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana, was organized to help further develop networking among young leaders with a keen interest in building trust and ensuring long-term security and co-operation in the region...

On 28 February 2014, five participants from the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) completed their three-day study visit to Vienna to learn about the work of OSCE institutions and the organization’s comprehensive approach to security...

ASTANA, 20 February 2014 – Media-related aspects of the draft criminal code and code on administrative offences were among the topics addressed today at an OSCE-supported expert meeting in the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of parliament of Kazakhstan...

The OSCE Centre in Astana co-organized a study visit of representatives from Kazakhstan to Ljubljana from 11 to 12 February 2014 to learn about the Slovenian experience in implementing the National Preventive Mechanism against torture and ill-treatment (NPM)...