News and press releases

ASTANA, 11 December 2015 – An OSCE-supported Third Penitentiary Forum dedicated to the strengthening of re-socialization for convicted persons took place today in Astana, bringing together more than 200 high-level government officials, parliamentarians, representatives of the judiciary, international organizations, civil society and academia...

An OSCE-supported seminar on implementing the law on access to information took place on 11 December 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, bringing together some 60 parliamentarians, government officials, journalists, and representatives of civil society and international organizations...

ASTANA, 10 December 2015 – The annual OSCE-sponsored Youth Legal Forum dedicated to "Human Rights Protection in the Fight against Terrorism” took place today at the Kazakh Humanities and Law University in Astana (KAZGUU) in recognition of the International Human Rights Day...

An OSCE-supported international certification programme for 30 representatives of the banking sector on detecting and preventing money laundering and terrorism financing began on 9 December 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

ASTANA, 9 December 2015- Development of a new national legislation on safety of hydrotechnical facilities was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion, which took place in Astana, Kazakhstan...

The second series of three OSCE-supported training seminars for secondary school teachers on energy efficiency concluded on 8 December 2015 in Kostanay, Kazakhstan...

On 4 December 2015 in Astana, Kazakhstan, the OSCE Programme Office held the last in a series of five training seminars for defence lawyers, organized in co-operation with the Almaty Bar Association, on the novelties of the country’s criminal justice codes...