Kazakhstan: Boost Rights Protection in Constitution Reform

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokaev speaks during his televised address to the nation in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, January 7, 2022. © © 2022 Kazakhstan's Presidential Press Service via AP, File (Berlin, May 19, 2022) – Kazakhstan should strengthen the parts of its constitutional reforms focused on plans for a human rights commissioner and for a Constitutional Court to reinforce human rights protections, Human Rights Watch said today. Kazakhstan has scheduled a national referendum on amendments to the constitution for June 5, 2022. Human Rights Watch is concerned…

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