News and press releases

A two-day reunion meeting for Kazakhstan’s alumni of the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) concluded on 3 March 2014 in Astana. The event, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana, was organized to help further develop networking among young leaders with a keen interest in building trust and ensuring long-term security and co-operation in the region...

On 28 February 2014, five participants from the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) completed their three-day study visit to Vienna to learn about the work of OSCE institutions and the organization’s comprehensive approach to security...

ASTANA, 20 February 2014 – Media-related aspects of the draft criminal code and code on administrative offences were among the topics addressed today at an OSCE-supported expert meeting in the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of parliament of Kazakhstan...

The OSCE Centre in Astana co-organized a study visit of representatives from Kazakhstan to Ljubljana from 11 to 12 February 2014 to learn about the Slovenian experience in implementing the National Preventive Mechanism against torture and ill-treatment (NPM)...

ASTANA, 4 February 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar to enhance the capacity of judges dealing with human trafficking cases by sharing good international practices began today in Astana...

Three OSCE-supported expert meetings on specific aspects of criminal procedure and criminal executive legislation were held from 11 to 13 December 2013 in the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of Parliament of Kazakhstan.

ASTANA, 13 December 2013 – Good governance at the local level was the main topic of a two-day event which concluded today in Astana.