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OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan conducts second module of a series of online seminars on gender equality and human rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
An OSCE-supported webinar on identifying and combatting gender-based violence organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan concluded on 11 December 2020...
OSCE supports discussion on ensuring political and public participation of persons with disabilities in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the rights and opportunities of people with disabilities to participate in political and public life took place on 13 November 2020 in Nur-Sultan...
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supports ‘Newcomer Fest on Human Rights’
Publishing date: 27 October 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a series of online discussions as part of the “Newcomer Fest on Human Rights”, which was launched on 27 October 2020. The Fest will see a number of awareness-raising and learning activities held for local community representatives on the importance of human rights and their protection.
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan co-organizes online seminar on freedom of expression and judicial regulation of defamation
Publishing date: 14 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
An OSCE-supported seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and the judicial regulation of defamation took place on 10 October 2020 in Nur-Sultan. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan co-organized the event with the Academy of Justice under the Supreme Court (Academy), NGO Legal Media Centre, Internews Kazakhstan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Some 55 Master students of the Academy attended the seminar...
OSCE organizes online seminar for judges on freedom of expression and judicial regulation of defamation cases in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 September 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
An OSCE-supported seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and the judicial regulation of defamation took place on 24 September 2020 in Nur-Sultan. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan co-organized the event with the Supreme Court, NGO Legal Media Centre, Internews Kazakhstan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)...
Electoral participation of persons with disabilities in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-supported online seminar
Publishing date: 25 August 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Elections
An OSCE-supported six-day online training seminar on electoral rights of persons with disabilities started on 24 August 2020. The event aims to help participants build their capacity to draw up an individual plan on running for elected office.
OSCE celebrates International Women Human Rights Defenders Day in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 December 2019
On the occasion of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, marked on 29 November, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported an event bringing together 40 experts, women’s rights activists, lawyers, and civil society representatives. Participants from Aktobe, Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Temirtau and Shymkent attended the event organized as a working breakfast. It took place within the framework of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence...