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KAZAKHSTAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
10 August 2020
Title:
Présentation du Kazakhstan
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
23 October 2023
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
10 June 2025
Accessed Date:
17 June 2025
Title:
Health Systems in Action : Kazakhstan
Source:
World Health Organization
Date of Document:
4 December 2024
Author:
Yulia Litvinova et al.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan: Background and Issues for Congress
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
16 August 2024
Author:
Maria A. Blackwood
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
13 February 2025
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Political and Economic Reforms in Kazakhstan Under President Tokayev
Source:
Silk Road Studies Program. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute.
Date of Document:
November 2021
Author:
Svante E. Cornell et al.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Learning from Kazakhstan's January Crisis
Source:
Silk Road Studies Program. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute.
Date of Document:
18 April 2022
Author:
Svante E. Cornell
Accessed Date:
9 June 2023
Title:
Social Reforms in Kazakhstan
Source:
Silk Road Studies Program. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Author:
Albert Barro; Svante E. Cornell
Accessed Date:
9 June 2023
Title:
Kazakhstan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
15 May 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism on his visit to Kazakhstan. Comments by the State.
Date of Document:
15 January 2020
Accessed Date:
4 August 2021
Title:
Kazakhstan. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Third periodic report submitted by Kazakhstan under article 40 of the Covenant, due in 2024
Date of Document:
17 July 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
In the Name of Unity: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Kazakhstan
Source:
Equal Rights Trust
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
4 June 2025
Title:
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Kazakhstan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 January 2025
Accessed Date:
4 June 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Kazakhtan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Date of Document:
19 April 2024
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism on her visit to Kazakhstan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
22 January 2020
Accessed Date:
10 August 2020
Title:
Kazakhstan. Nations in Transit 2024.
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Third periodic report submitted by Kazakhstan under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant, due in 2024
Date of Document:
25 June 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan : Les manifestations de janvier 2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
22 February 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Kazakhstan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/KAZ/1
Date of Document:
18 October 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: Compilation of Information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/KAZ/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
6 November 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Kazakhstan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/KAZ/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
1 November 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: Families Struggle to Enjoy Basic Rights
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
5 October 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
“We don't even cry anymore”: Torture, ill-treatment and impunity in Kazakhstan in connection with the ‘Bloody January' events
Source:
International Partnership for Human rights et al.
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Politically Targeted, Economically Isolated. How Kazakhstan's Financing Terrorism List Compounds Human Rights Harms
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 August 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law on citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan 1991, 1017-XII (amended 2021)
Accessed Date:
24 June 2022
Title:
Kazakhstan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
17 June 2025
Title:
Law on Documents of Identification 2013, N°73-V (amended 2023)
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Obtaining an identity card and passport of Kazakhstan
Date of Document:
19 April 2024
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Kazakhstan. Election for Mazhilis (Kazakh House of Representatives) of 19 March 2023.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
20 June 2024
Title:
Republic of Kazakhstan. Election for President of 20 November 2022.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
20 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan's referendum: regime consolidation instead of genuine political reforms
Date of Document:
28 July 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Kazakhstan: Harsh sentence for opposition party leader shows lack of real political modernisation
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
1 December 2023
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan : Le parti islamique de la
libération (Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islamiyya, HT)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 January 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2021
Title:
Kazakhstan, Early Parliamentary Elections, 19 March 2023: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions
Source:
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Kazakhstan: Senate.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence 2009, N°214-IV (amended 2023)
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Law on State Guarantees of Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities of Men and Women 2009, N°223 – IV (amended 2020)
Accessed Date:
24 June 2022
Title:
Kazakhstan – Analysis and List of Recommendations for the Authorities after Amendments in Legislation Combatting Domestic Violence
Date of Document:
29 April 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Combined fifth and sixth periodic reports submitted by Kazakhstan under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2021
Date of Document:
25 October 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: New Law Criminalizes Domestic Violence
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Research Center.
Date of Document:
23 July 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Kazakhstan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
12 November 2019
Accessed Date:
10 August 2020
Title:
Redefining ‘women's work' in Kazakhstan
Date of Document:
13 December 2021
Accessed Date:
27 June 2023
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Kazakhstan under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2023
Date of Document:
15 October 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: New Law to Protect Women Improved, but Incomplete
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Situation of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women in Kazakhstan: Alternative report on implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Source:
Feminita: Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Kazakhstan. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Kazakhstan. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2025.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2025
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
National report on violations of the rights of gay men, other MSM and trans people in Kazakhstan, 2023
Source:
Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
Date of Document:
April 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Kazakhstan. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
20 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Kazakhstan.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
7 March 2025
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
5 February 2024
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Joint First and Second Evaluation Rounds: Evaluation Report on Kazakhstan
Code:
GrecoEval 1/2Rep(2021)1
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
15 June 2022
Accessed Date:
13 June 2023
Title:
Joint First and Second Evaluation Rounds: Compliance Report on Kazakhstan
Code:
Greco RC-I/II (2024) 1
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
6 September 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Update: Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Web Based Resources
Date of Document:
August 2019
Author:
Oleg Stalbovskiy et al.
Accessed Date:
10 August 2020
Title:
Additional information submitted by Kazakhstan under article 29 (4) of the Convention
Date of Document:
3 October 2022
Accessed Date:
13 June 2023
Title:
Information received from Kazakhstan on follow-up to the concluding observations on its fourth periodic report
Date of Document:
30 August 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: torture victims struggling to obtain justice after the January 2022 events
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 March 2022
Accessed Date:
4 June 2025
Title:
The Penitentiary System in the New Reality. Online Forum Proceedings.
Source:
Penal Reform International et al.
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
Kazakhstan: Crackdown on the opposition, fight against “false” information and publication of “foreign agent” list
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
21 December 2023
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Kazakhstan
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
8 June 2023
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan: Laws on judicial system reform approved in Kazakhstan
Date of Document:
9 December 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Kazakhstan: Killings, Excessive Use of Force in Almaty
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 January 2022
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
Kazakhstan. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Fаcing the facts or avoiding the truth? Trial of police accused of torture – test of Kazakhstan's commitment to human rights obligations
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
28 September 2022
Accessed Date:
13 June 2023
Title:
Briefing Paper for EU-Kazakhstan Human Rights Dialogue: Key Issues on Civic Space and Fundamental Freedoms
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
February 2025
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Editor:
Amelia Larson et al.
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: Right to freedom of expression and ‘extremism' restrictions
Source:
Article 19; Media Legal Center
Date of Document:
November 2020
Accessed Date:
5 August 2021
Title:
List of Issues Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee during its Periodic Review of Kazakhstan
Source:
Access Now et al.
Date of Document:
3 January 2022
Accessed Date:
13 June 2023
Title:
Kazakhstan: Baseless 'Extremism' Case Heads to Court
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 February 2024
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2025 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
25 March 2025
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Religion and the Secular State in Kazakhstan
Source:
Silk Road Studies Program. Central Asia-Caucasus Institute.
Date of Document:
April 2018
Author:
Svante E. Cornell et al.
Accessed Date:
13 August 2019
Title:
The Fethullah Gülen movement (Hizmet movement), including activities and regions of operation; treatment by society and authorities; state protection (2016-July 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 July 2018
Accessed Date:
20 August 2019
Title:
Issue update: Kazakhstan's religion law amendments. Recent Changes to the 2011 Law “On Religious Activities and Religious Associations”
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
December 2022
Accessed Date:
13 June 2023
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Kazakhstan: Discriminations et persécutions à l'encontre des citoyens kazakhstanais d'origine ouïghoure depuis l'année 2013
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 January 2018
Accessed Date:
4 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan : La minorité russe
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 November 2019
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
Kazakhstan. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
September 2023
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Kazakhstan: Improper Prosecution of Asylum Seekers from China
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 January 2020
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
Country Profiles: Kazakhstan
Source:
Vatican City. Integral Human Development.
Accessed Date:
13 June 2023
Title:
Kazakhstan / Kirghizstan / Ouzbékistan : Traitement réservé par les autorités ouzbeks et kirghizes à leurs ressortissants extradés par les autorités kazakhes à la suite des manifestations de janvier 2022
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 June 2022
Accessed Date:
13 June 2023
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
A sustained crackdown on independent worker organising: Kazakhstan, a case study
Source:
Foreign Policy Centre
Date of Document:
22 July 2021
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 28 June 2024:
Title:
Kazakhstan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 June 2024
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kazakhstan/
Accessed Date:
20 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
30 May 2024
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. Amnesty International Report 2023/24: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/POL1072002024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. Freedom in the World 2024.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/kazakhstan/freedom-world/2024
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Kazakhstan.html
Accessed Date:
20 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2024.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2024
URL:
https://www.ilga-europe.org/files/uploads/2024/02/2024_kazahkstan.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
National report on violations of the rights of gay men, other MSM and trans people in Kazakhstan, 2022
Source:
Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
Date of Document:
April 2023
URL:
https://ecom.ngo/news-ecom/report-violations-rightskazakhstan
Accessed Date:
12 June 2023
Title:
Kazakhstan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2022/kazakhstan#:~:text=2022%20Terrorist%20Incidents%3A%20The%20government,opposed%20to%20the%20current%20government.
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/kazakhstan/
Accessed Date:
24 June 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Kazakhstan.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
26 February 2024
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/ad1b010c-76c5-43bc-9abb-1d41ba4fdfa8
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
Kazakhstan. Freedom on the Net 2023.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/kazakhstan/freedom-net/2023
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/441219-KAZAKHSTAN-2022-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 June 2023
Title:
Kazakhstan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2024 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
1 May 2024
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/2024%20Annual%20Report.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan : Situation générale et données démolinguistiques.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
22 December 2023
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/asie/kazakhstan-1General.htm
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
11 January 2023
Author:
Maria A. Blackwood
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10251
Accessed Date:
9 June 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Kazakhstan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Date of Document:
29 March 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/E/C.12/KAZ/CO/2
Accessed Date:
13 August 2019
Title:
Kazakhstan. The Danger of Standing up for Justice and Rights in Central Asia.
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
March 2018
URL:
https://iphronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-danger-of-standing-up-for-justice-and-human-rights-in-Central-Asia-March-2018.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2019
Title:
Information received from Kazakhstan on follow-up to the concluding observations on its second periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Date of Document:
28 April 2021
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/E/C.12/KAZ/FCO/2
Accessed Date:
4 August 2021
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Kazakhstan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/KAZ/1
Date of Document:
16 October 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/34/KAZ/1
Accessed Date:
4 August 2021
Title:
Compilation on Kazakhstan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/KAZ/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
26 August 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/34/KAZ/2
Accessed Date:
5 August 2021
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Kazakhstan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/KAZ/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 August 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/34/KAZ/3
Accessed Date:
5 August 2021
Title:
Kazakhstan toughens domestic violence laws
Date of Document:
17 April 2024
URL:
https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-toughens-domestic-violence-laws
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan adopts law on domestic violence
Date of Document:
15 April 2024
URL:
https://www.kt.kz/eng/government/kazakhstan_adopts_law_on_domestic_violence_1377963449.html
Accessed Date:
14 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan. 2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
29 September 2023
URL:
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2022/Kazakhstan.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Fourth periodic report submitted by Kazakhstan under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the optional reporting procedure, due in 2018
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
14 March 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/KAZ/4
Accessed Date:
5 August 2021
Title:
Think Before You Post: Closing Down Social Media Space in Kazakhstan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2017
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur57/5644/2017/en/
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan urged to rescind draconian new “fake news' law
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
8 September 2023
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/kazakhstan-urged-rescind-draconian-new-fake-news-law
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Kazakhstan: Baseless 'Extremism' Case Heads to Court
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 February 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/08/kazakhstan-baseless-extremism-case-heads-court
Accessed Date:
11 June 2024
Title:
Health Systems in Action : Kazakhstan
Source:
World Health Organization
Date of Document:
4 December 2024
Author:
Yulia Litvinova et al.
URL:
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/380239/9789289059787-eng.pdf?sequence=1
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: Background and Issues for Congress
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
16 August 2024
Author:
Maria A. Blackwood
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R48158
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Third periodic report submitted by Kazakhstan under article 40 of the Covenant, due in 2024
Date of Document:
17 July 2024
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CCPR/C/KAZ/3
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Kazakhstan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 January 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/10/human-rights-watch-submission-universal-periodic-review-kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
4 June 2025
Title:
Third periodic report submitted by Kazakhstan under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant, due in 2024
Date of Document:
25 June 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/E/C.12/KAZ/3
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Kazakhstan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/KAZ/1
Date of Document:
18 October 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/48/KAZ/1
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: Compilation of Information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/KAZ/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
6 November 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/48/KAZ/2
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Kazakhstan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/48/KAZ/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
1 November 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/48/KAZ/3
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Politically Targeted, Economically Isolated. How Kazakhstan's Financing Terrorism List Compounds Human Rights Harms
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 August 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/08/27/politically-targeted-economically-isolated/how-kazakhstans-financing-terrorism
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan – Analysis and List of Recommendations for the Authorities after Amendments in Legislation Combatting Domestic Violence
Date of Document:
29 April 2024
URL:
https://equalitynow.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/29130300/Kazakhstans-law-on-DV-ENs-statement_final_eng.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Combined fifth and sixth periodic reports submitted by Kazakhstan under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2021
Date of Document:
25 October 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CRC/C/KAZ/5-6
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: New Law Criminalizes Domestic Violence
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Research Center.
Date of Document:
23 July 2024
URL:
https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-07-22/kazakhstan-new-law-criminalizes-domestic-violence/
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Kazakhstan under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2023
Date of Document:
15 October 2024
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/KAZ/6
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Joint First and Second Evaluation Rounds: Compliance Report on Kazakhstan
Code:
Greco RC-I/II (2024) 1
Source:
Council of Europe. Group of States against Corruption.
Date of Document:
6 September 2024
URL:
https://rm.coe.int/joint-first-and-second-round-evaluation-compliance-report-on-kazakhsta/1680b178a9
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Information received from Kazakhstan on follow-up to the concluding observations on its fourth periodic report
Date of Document:
30 August 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/KAZ/FCO/4
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Kazakhstan: Laws on judicial system reform approved in Kazakhstan
Date of Document:
9 December 2024
URL:
https://insightplus.bakermckenzie.com/bm/dispute-resolution/kazakhstan-laws-on-judicial-system-reform-approved-in-kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
Title:
Briefing Paper for EU-Kazakhstan Human Rights Dialogue: Key Issues on Civic Space and Fundamental Freedoms
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
February 2025
URL:
https://iphronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/iphr-kibhr-briefing-for-eu-kazakhstan-hr-dialogue-february-2025.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 June 2025
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