News and press releases

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a training seminar on presiding over cases of domestic violence for judges in the framework of the judges’ annual retraining courses in Astana on 3 April 2017...

AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 17 March 2017 – An OSCE-supported annual two-day roundtable discussion on major areas of criminal justice modernization began today at Ak-Bulak near Almaty, Kazakhstan...

ASTANA, 16 March 2017 – Ensuring the rights of the individual and its impact on the rule of law were the focus of an OSCE-supported international conference in the framework of the annual so-called Shaikenov Readings, which took place today in Astana...

The OSCE-supported Fourth Prison Forum dedicated to the assessment of the results of the prison reform and presentation of a new government project on the prevention of torture took place on 23 February 2017 in Astana...

An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar for law-enforcement press officers concluded on 10 February 2017 in Astana...

An OSCE-supported series of two-day training seminars defence lawyers, aimed at enhancing their understanding as well as common interpretation and implementation of the new criminal procedure legislation concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 26 November 2016...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 4 November 2016 – The OSCE-supported second National Forum of Defence Lawyers took place today in Almaty...