OSCE supports training seminar on human rights protection in Kazakhstan

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.

Representatives of the administrations of Aktobe, Alga and the Aktobe Region, judges and law enforcement officers, students of Aktobe Regional State University and members of civil society learned about the international standards for protecting women’s and children’s rights, the provision of social services to domestic violence and human trafficking victims, novelties in labour legislation as well as the responsibilities within the network of protective institutions.

Participants focused on the particulars of labour contracts, non-compete agreements, disciplinary and material responsibility of employees and resolution of labour disputes.

“Such seminars play an important role in strengthening the partnership between public authorities and civil society, which should help to prevent potential social conflicts in society,” said Tastemir Abishev, Secretary of the Human Rights Commission.

The event is the second in a series of five training seminars organized by the Human Rights Commission under the President with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana. It is part of the Office’s long-term efforts to support national human rights institutions in promoting universal rights and fundamental freedoms in the host country.