OSCE co-organizes roundtable discussion on media legislation in Kazakhstan

An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on media legislation in Kazakhstan was held in Nur-Sultan on 28 February 2020. Some 30 government officials, representatives of international organizations, lawyers, journalists and media experts from across the country took part in the event.

The discussion focused on aspects of the country’s media legislation in anticipation of amendments to the law.

Participants prepared a list of recommendations and a "road map" for legislators and media experts to further improve media legislation in accordance with international standards of freedom of speech. Participants also discussed international and national good practices on relations between the state and media, the legislative regulation of information on the internet, new media tools, defamation, state financing of media, and other issues.

The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized the event in co-operation with the Adil Soz International Foundation for the Protection of Freedom of Speech and ARTICLE 19.

The event is consistent with the Programme Office’s activities aimed at promoting media freedom and freedom of expression in keeping with OSCE principles and commitments.