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Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peacful assembly and of association Maina Kiai.
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New law threatens civil society independence in Kazakhstan, warns UN expert

15 October 2015
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, today warned that a new bill amending the law on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Kazakhstan, may compromise the independence of associations and also challenge their existence.
Kairat Abdrakhmanov.
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Impact of nuclear tests observed on International Day

29 August 2015
General News

The ill-effects of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan are still being seen according to authorities, even though the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site closed over 20 years ago.

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Maina Kiai.
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Kazakhstan called on to improve human rights situation

7 February 2015
General News

The efforts Kazakhstan has made to turn the country around economically need to be applied to human rights and democracy issues as well.

That’s according to UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai who recently completed an official visit to the central Asian country.

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Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peacful assembly and of association Maina Kiai.
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UN expert urges Kazakhstan to boost rights of peaceful assembly, association

28 January 2015
An independent United Nations rights expert today urged the Government of Kazakhstan to match the country's economic successes of the past quarter century with a ramped-up focus on human rights by opening up the Central Asian state's democratic spaces.
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Envoy briefs Security Council on UN support to Central Asia

16 July 2013
General News

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Miroslav Jenča, briefed the UN Security Council

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High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
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UN human rights official calls for independent investigation into Kazakh clashes

12 July 2012
The United Nations human rights chief today called for an independent international investigation into the deadly clashes between striking workers and police in the western town of Zhanaozen in Kazakhstan in December last year.
Kishore Singh, Special Rapporteur on the right to education.
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Independent UN expert calls on Kazakhstan to invest more in inclusive education

20 September 2011
An independent United Nations human rights expert has called on Kazakhstan to invest more in promoting inclusive education so that no one is left behind, particularly those belonging to vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities, refugees or migrants.
Gay McDougall, UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues

Kazakhstan has ‘room for improvement’ on minority issues – UN rights expert

15 July 2009
In spite of the high degree of inter-ethnic and inter-religious cooperation and tolerance in Kazakhstan, a United Nations human rights expert said there is still “room for improvement” on minority issues in the Central Asian nation.

UN refugee agency urges Kazakhstan not to forcibly return Uzbek rights activist

5 July 2005
The United Nations refugee agency today urged authorities in Kazakhstan not to forcibly return a well-known Uzbek human rights activist, who was arrested along with his family yesterday in the Kazakh capital, Almaty, after having fled there following the recent military crackdown in his own country.

UN child and health agencies support Kazakhstan with inoculation against measles

18 February 2005
With help from the United Nations agencies for children and public health, Kazakhstan will begin a campaign to inoculate nearly 1.5 million young people over the next two weeks against measles and rubella in an effort to end an outbreak that began last September.