News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes training seminar for judges on freedom of expression and judicial regulation of hate speech in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
An OSCE-supported seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and judicial regulation of hate speech took place on 12 November 2019 in Nur-Sultan. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan co-organized the event with the NGO Legal Media Centre and the Academy of Justice under the Supreme Court.
OSCE concludes training seminars on document security in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 November 2019
The third stage of an OSCE-supported train-the-trainer course on detecting forged travel documents and identification techniques for 20 border service officers concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 8 November 2019.
OSCE supports bilateral meeting between Kazakhstan and Russia on rational use of Zhaiyk River water resources
Publishing date: 7 November 2019
An OSCE-supported technical meeting on rational use and protection of water resources of the Zhaiyk (Ural) River, including assessment of climate change on water resources, took place on 7 November 2019 in Oral, Western Kazakhstan.
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime train Kazakhstan officials to disrupt terrorist financing
Publishing date: 7 November 2019
A three-day training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of Kazakhstan to disrupt the financing of terrorist networks concluded on 7 November 2019 in Burabay, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports II Central Asian Dialogue on reduction of prison population and development of probation service
Publishing date: 30 October 2019
The II Central Asian Dialogue on reduction of prison population and development of probation is taking place from 28 to 31 October 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia, the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman Office), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Asia Group, the British Embassy in Kazakhstan, the Prison Committees of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on access to information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 October 2019
Some 45 participants from Parliament, Supreme Court, government bodies, civil society and media-related NGOs participated in a roundtable discussion on access to information on 24 October 2019 in Nur-Sultan. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and the NGO Legal Media Centre...
OSCE supports national simulation exercise on combatting human trafficking in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 October 2019
A week-long live simulation exercise on how to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking concluded on 18 October 2019 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. More than 40 professionals from law enforcement, labour inspectorates, prosecutorial offices, NGOs and social services from all across the country participated in the live-action training.