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OSCE trains community police officers in Kazakhstan on combating domestic violence

29 March 2018
Domestic violence is often a persistent problem in difficult family relationships. Women are particularly vulnerable and do not always have the courage to speak up against physical, sexual and psychological abuse. For this reason, the role of the law enforcement, social services and NGOs is of crucial importance in identifying and preventing situations of domestic violence. (Pixabay)

A two-day seminar organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana on the legal acts and mechanisms regulating the police’s work in combating domestic violence concluded on 29 March 2018 in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan.

On the first day, some 150 community police officers from the North Kazakhstan Region discussed best practices in preventing and addressing domestic violence through community policing. During the second day, two national civil society experts monitored police performance in this field. A similar event will take place in the Almaty Region in May.

In 2017, a series of training seminars on this topic was conducted in Almaty, the Karaganda Region, Pavlodar, the Pavlodar Region, Uralsk and the West Kazakhstan Region, bringing together participants from the surrounding areas.

An analytical paper to monitor the effectiveness of police work in this area will be drafted by  the national experts. The report will be presented to the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the conclusion of the project.

The seminars are part of the Programme Office’s multi-year efforts to assist the host country and civil society representatives in preventing and combating domestic violence and in offering professional social services to victims.