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OSCE Centre helps Kazakhstan improve road safety

Publishing date: 11 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
ALMATY, 11 May 2007- Raising awareness on road safety in Kazakhstan and promoting best practices in this field was the aim of a meeting held today in Astana. The event was organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Interior Ministry...

OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes plans for press freedom improvements in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 21 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Rule of law
ALMATY, 21 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today welcomed Kazakhstan's Parliament's recent decision to add to its agenda a new draft media law written by four journalists' organizations...

More steps needed to uphold fair trial standards in Kazakhstan, new OSCE report finds

Publishing date: 23 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
ASTANA, 23 February 2007- An OSCE trial monitoring report released today in Kazakhstan identifies the need for further steps to be taken to uphold fair trial standards in the country, including the right of the public to attend court...

OSCE's human rights office facilitates discussion on international trends and local perspectives in criminal justice in Central Asia

Publishing date: 7 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan
What we do: Education, Rule of law
ALMATY, 7 August 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today welcomed 25 criminal justice practitioners from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to a week-long Summer School...

Kazakhstani journalists win OSCE awards for reporting on criminal justice reform

Publishing date: 29 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan
What we do: Rule of law
ALMATY, 29 December 2005- Three journalists today received awards for their reporting on lay participation in administration of justice in Kazakhstan as part of a competition organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and...

Almaty roundtable focuses on introduction of jury trials in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 17 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ALMATY, 17 March 2005- Over 80 Kazakh and foreign experts today discussed the practical and theoretical issues regarding the introduction of jury trials in Kazakhstan at a roundtable in Almaty, co-organized by the OSCE. The participants considered two...