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OSCE promotes role of public councils in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 July 2016
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a national public hearing on combatting torture in the penal system, organized by the Public Council under the Interior Ministry in Astana, Kazakhstan on 15 July 2016...
OSCE co-organizes meeting on implementing international human rights recommendations in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 July 2016
Some 40 national experts took part in a meeting organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Charter for Human Rights Public Foundation in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 13 July 2016, on implementing human rights recommendations from UN bodies...
OSCE supports training seminar on torture prevention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ASTANA, 4 July 2016 – A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the practical aspects of implementing the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for preventing torture began today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports publication of Ombudsman’s Annual Report
Publishing date: 27 May 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan
What we do: Human rights
ASTANA, 27 May 2016 – An OSCE-supported presentation of the report on the activities of Kazakhstan’s National Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) in 2015 took place today in Astana bringing together some 60 parliamentarians, government officials, legal scholars, representatives of non-governmental organizations and media...
OSCE supports training seminar on human rights protection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar on human rights protection mechanisms for some 280 representatives of the government, students and civil society concluded in Aktobe, Kazakhstan on 19 May 2016...
Ensuring the rights of the individual in focus at OSCE-supported conference in Astana
Publishing date: 12 May 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan
What we do: Human rights
ASTANA, 12 May 2016 – Current trends and challenges in ensuring the rights of the individual in modern society are the main topics of an OSCE-supported international conference in the framework of annual ”Shaikenov Readings”, which began today in Astana...
OSCE launches series of training seminars on National Preventive Mechanism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 May 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law