News and press releases

ASTANA, 12 December 2013- A high-level meeting on current efforts to reduce the prison population and reform penal policies in Kazakhstan, organized by the Prosecutor General’s Office and supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana in co-operation with the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia, took place today in Astana...

ALMATY/ASTANA, 10 December 2013 – On the occasion of International Human Rights Day being marked today, the OSCE Centre in Astana supported a conference for students on the theme of tolerance and non-discrimination as well as supporting the World Press Photo exhibition in Astana. This is the first time that the exhibition has been held in Central Asia...

A conference on efficient management of fish resources and biodiversity conservation as part of the ‘green growth’ approach in Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea Basin Area took place from 4 to 6 December 2013 in Kyzylorda in southern Kazakhstan...

An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar for law enforcement officers on countering cybercrime began in Astana on 3 December 2013...

ASTANA, 26 November 2013 – The role of legal institutions, civil society and religious leaders in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism was the topic of an OSCE-supported international conference which took place today in Astana...

The OSCE Centre in Astana and the Legislative and Judicial Reform Committee of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) with support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry, co-organized a study visit to Kyiv, Ukraine for parliamentarians and high-level governmental officials from 21 to 23 November 2013...

URALSK, Kazakhstan, 22 November 2013 – More than 70 participants took part in an OSCE-supported regional conference on green growth and Kazakhstan’s transition to the green economy, held today in Uralsk, Western Kazakhstan...