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Sustainable development education in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE conference
Publishing date: 14 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ARKALYK, Kazakhstan, 14 April 2011 – Integrating a sustainable development curriculum into Kazakhstan’s higher educational system is the topic of a two-day conference that began in Arkalyk today...
Prospects for probation in Kazakhstan’s criminal justice system discussed at OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 28 March 2011
ASTANA, 28 March 2011 – Parliamentarians, government officials, civil society representatives and academics discussed the necessary legal and institutional framework for a probation system in Kazakhstan at an OSCE Centre conference that began in Astana today...
OSCE Centre promotes high-level dialogue on strengthening the role of the Ombudsman in Kazakhstan in preventing torture
Publishing date: 25 March 2011
ASTANA, 25 March 2011 – An OSCE-supported conference on establishing and implementing a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in Kazakhstan concluded in Astana today...
OSCE Centre holds discussion on criminal justice reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ALMATY, 18 March 2011 – A roundtable discussion on ensuring human rights in criminal justice, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana, began today in Almaty...
Judges, government officials and NGOs discuss how to promote an independent judiciary during OSCE-supported meeting
Publishing date: 25 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Good governance, Rule of law
ASTANA, 25 February 2010 – How to apply international standards of judicial independence in the selection, promotion and evaluation of judges as well as in the co-operation among the judicial, legislative and executive branches was in focus today during an OSCE-supported event held at the Supreme Court...
OSCE presents second study on migration data in Astana, discusses steps to harmonize regional data collection
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
ASTANA, 17 February 2011 – The preliminary findings and recommendations from an assessment of migration data in Kazakhstan by the OSCE and the International Organization for Migration were presented to government officials and policymakers dealing with migration data at a meeting in Astana today...
OSCE Centre supports young professionals from Central Asian environmental NGOs
Publishing date: 12 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities