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Closing Regional Conference of the Central Asia Rule of Law Programme 2020-2024
On 11 June 2024, the joint EU/Council of Europe Central Asia Rule of Law Programme organised its Closing Regional Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan. The aim of the meeting was to take stock of the programme results and lessons learned during its implementation years from 2020 to 2024. Central...
Seminar for law enforcement officials on Protection of Women’s Rights – Launch of the HELP course on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence for Law Enforcement in Kyrgyzstan
On 22 May the Council of Europe organised a seminar on the Protection of Women’s Rights, together with a launch of the HELP course on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence for law enforcement. Thirty-six representatives of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs,...
Seminar for judges and lawyers on Protection of Women’s Rights and launch of the HELP course on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
On 20-21 May the Council of Europe in co-operation with the School of Judges of the Kyrgyz Republic organised a seminar on the protection of women’s rights. It was also the occasion to launch the HELP course on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. 34 judges and lawyers from cities all...
Spring School on “Human Rights and Environment” for law students from the Central Asia region
On 14-18 May 2024, the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the Human Rights Commission under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, organised a Spring school on human rights and environment for law students from the Central Asia region, attended by 41 law. They come from 14 different...
Visit of representatives of the Supreme Court and of the Judicial Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
A delegation of representatives of the Supreme Court and Judicial Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan visited the Council of Europe Headquarters in Strasbourg (France) to strengthen co-operation in support of national efforts to reform the judicial system, in the areas of expertise of...
Seminar on Council of Europe Conventions in the field of criminal law for a delegation of Uzbekistan
A delegation of thirteen representatives of Uzbek public institutions have participated in a Seminar on the Council of Europe Conventions at the Council of Europe Headquarters in Strasbourg (France), on 24 – 26 April 2024. The delegation was composed of representatives of the General Prosecutor's...
The Kyrgyz Republic acceded to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons
On 22 April 2024, the Kyrgyz Republic officially deposited the instrument of accession to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons of the Council of Europe. The Convention is primarily intended to facilitate the social rehabilitation of prisoners by giving foreigners convicted of a...
Exchange of best practices between anti-corruption authorities of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Council of Europe member states
Representatives of anti-corruption authorities of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan met with their counterparts from nine anti-corruption bodies from Council of Europe member states (Croatia, France, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Malta, and the United Kingdom), in the framework of an...
Seminar on “Protection of women’s rights: International and European approaches”
The Council of Europe organised a seminar in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on the Protection of women’s rights, in Astana on 3-4 April. The aim of the seminar was to familiarise 40 civil servants and civil society organisations representatives...
Enhancing risk-based supervision of designated non-financial businesses and professions in Kazakhstan
In the areas of anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT), supervisory authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan improved their capacities in risk-based supervision of designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFPBs through three workshops held in Astana from...