Kazakhstan Complies with Highest Int’l Human Rights Standards, Says Rights Commission Chair
Kuanysh Sultanov, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights under the President of Kazakhstan discussed the organisation in an interview with this newspaper. Practice proves that national harmony and stability increase when society’s interests and human rights mix harmoniously. Does this apply to the commission’s monitoring operations? Human rights are not just declarations. Our country,…
Mazhilis Discusses Bill Restricting Use of Traumatic Weapons
ASTANA – On May 29, the Mazhilis of Kazakhstan’s Parliament discussed the legal aspects of the use and acquisition of traumatic weapons at a round table chaired by Speaker Nurlan Nigmatullin. Traumatic weapons are non-lethal or less-lethal weapons, especially firearms that are intended for use against an unarmed person, particularly for self-defence or crowd control.…
Personnel Assessment Spurs Reform Process for Law Enforcement Agencies
ASTANA – In his state-of-the-nation address in January 2012, President Nursultan Nazarbayev attached great importance to reforming the nation’s law enforcement bodies and special services. Part of that reform process is an assessment of the nation’s law enforcement services which took place over the year 2012 overseen by the so called Higher Assessment Commission (HAM).…
