News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports customs integrity development in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 April 2013
A three-day workshop on promoting integrity in customs administration supported by the OSCE Centre started in Astana on 15 April 2013...
OSCE supports training on revised FATF standards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 April 2013
A two-day workshop on the revised Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, organized by the World Bank and the Kazakhstan’s Committee for Financial Monitoring with the OSCE Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Centre in Astana and the US Embassy in Kazakhstan began on 4 April 2013 in Burabay, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre supports forum on penitentiary reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 March 2013
ASTANA, 28 March 2013 – An OSCE-supported forum on current problems in implementing penal policies in Kazakhstan was held in Astana today...
Kazakshtan’s media legislation focus of OSCE-supported event
Publishing date: 27 March 2013
ASTANA, 27 March 2013 – A roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana on the prospects for reforming Kazakhstan’s media legislation was held in Astana today...
OSCE Centre in Astana facilitates dialogue on freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 19 March 2013
ASTANA, 19 March 2013- State officials, parliamentarians, religious leaders, scholars and non-governmental organization representatives discussed how to foster interfaith dialogue at a conference organized in Astana today by the Agency for Religious Affairs, and Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan with the OSCE Centre’s support...
OSCE Centre holds discussion on Kazakhstan’s new criminal procedure legislation
Publishing date: 15 March 2013
AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 15 March 2013 – A roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana on the reform of the Criminal Procedure Code of Kazakhstan began today in Ak-Bulak near Almaty...
OSCE supports discussion on establishing a torture prevention mechanism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
The OSCE Centre in Astana jointly with the Committee on Legislation and Judicial Reform of the Mazhilis (the lower Chamber of Parliament) and the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia organized a roundtable discussion on 14 March 2013 on a draft law to establish a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) against torture in Kazakhstan...