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OSCE Centre facilitates training for prosecutors in countering drug trafficking in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2014
ASTANA, 21 April 2014 –A four-day OSCE-supported training seminar on prosecutorial oversight of the use of laws to combat drug abuse and drug trafficking began today in Astana.
OSCE trains Kazakhstan’s prosecutors on countering cybercrime
Publishing date: 17 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
ASTANA, 17 April 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on countering cybercrime in Kazakhstan with a focus on detecting, preventing and disclosing cybercrime, countering fraud in electronic banking and computer forensics, started today in Astana...
Penal legislation reform focus of OSCE-supported regional conference in Astana
Publishing date: 14 March 2014
ASTANA, 14 March 2014- Trends and challenges in reforming penal legislation in Central Asia were the focus of a regional conference, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana, held in the capital of Kazakhstan today...
OSCE Centre holds high-level discussion on criminal procedure legislation reform
Publishing date: 6 March 2014
AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 6 March 2014 – An OSCE-supported two-day roundtable discussion on the ongoing reform of the Criminal Procedure Code of Kazakhstan and major areas of criminal justice modernization began today at Ak-Bulak near Almaty...
OSCE Centre in Astana organizes study visit to Slovenia on National Preventive Mechanism against torture
Publishing date: 14 February 2014
The OSCE Centre in Astana co-organized a study visit of representatives from Kazakhstan to Ljubljana from 11 to 12 February 2014 to learn about the Slovenian experience in implementing the National Preventive Mechanism against torture and ill-treatment (NPM)...
OSCE Centre supports series of parliamentary expert meetings on criminal justice reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 December 2013
Three OSCE-supported expert meetings on specific aspects of criminal procedure and criminal executive legislation were held from 11 to 13 December 2013 in the Mazhilis, the lower chamber of Parliament of Kazakhstan.
OSCE Centre promotes reduction of prison populations in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
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...