News and press releases

KOKSHETAU, Kazakhstan, 16 November 2015 – Some 20 regional and city administration officials, civil society activists and trade union representatives will learn about the provisions and application in Kazakhstan of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) during a two-day OSCE-supported training seminar that began today in Kokshetau...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the second presentation of the Report on the Situation with Human Rights in Kazakhstan by the Human Rights Commission under the President on 30 October 2015, this time in Shymkent, southern Kazakhstan. The report covers the period from April 2014 to April 2015, and was published in the Kazakh, Russian and English languages with the OSCE’s support...

SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 30 October 2015- An OSCE-supported training seminar on mechanisms of human rights protection for government and law-enforcement bodies, civil society groups and judges concluded today in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan Region...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the joint meeting on 28 October 2015 in Astana of the working group and subgroups of the Consultative and Advisory Body on the Human Dimension under the Foreign Ministry...

ASTANA, 20 October 2015 – An OSCE-supported presentation of the annual report of the Human Rights Commission under the President published in the Kazakh, Russian and English languages with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana took place today at the Foreign Ministry in Astana, Kazakhstan...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the first meeting of the inter-departmental working group aiming at developing social services for victims of domestic violence that was held in Astana on 29 July 2015...

KARAGANDA, 25 May 2015 – An OSCE-supported report on the activities of Kazakhstan’s National Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) in 2014 was presented today at the Interior Ministry Academy in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.