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OSCE Centre holds high-level discussion on criminal procedure legislation reform
Publishing date: 6 March 2014
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...
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes study visit to Slovenia on National Preventive Mechanism against torture
Publishing date: 14 February 2014
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)...
OSCE Centre supports series of parliamentary expert meetings on criminal justice reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 December 2013
Three OSCE-supported expert meetings on specific aspects of criminal procedure and criminal executive legislation were held from 11 to 13 December 2013 in the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of Parliament of Kazakhstan.
OSCE Centre promotes reduction of prison populations in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ASTANA, 12 December 2013- A high-level meeting on current efforts to reduce the prison population and reform penal policies in Kazakhstan, organized by the Prosecutor General’s Office and supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana in co-operation with the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia, took place today in Astana...
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes study tour to Ukraine on criminal procedure legislation
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
The OSCE Centre in Astana and the Legislative and Judicial Reform Committee of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) with support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry, co-organized a study visit to Kyiv, Ukraine for parliamentarians and high-level governmental officials from 21 to 23 November 2013...
Fingerprint and genomic registration in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-supported discussion
Publishing date: 18 November 2013
ASTANA, 18 November 2013 – A roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the draft law on fingerprint and genomic registration in Kazakhstan took place today in Astana...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion of draft criminal procedure code
Publishing date: 15 November 2013