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Kazakstan International Bureau for Human Rights
The Kazakstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of
Law was founded in 1993 by a group of Kazakstan human rights
defenders together with the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. In
March 1997, the Bureau registered as an international non-
governmental, nonprofit association with the Ministry of Justice
of the Republic of Kazakstan.
Between 1993 and 1997, the Bureau provided free legal advice to
more than 1000 persons each year, initiated a TV program called
"You Have a Right!" (more than thirty 15-minute episodes were
broadcast), produced a monthly information bulletin, issued a 24-
page report on the human rights situation in Kazakstan, and
conducted seven international conferences, some in conjunction
with other NGOs. Conference titles have included:
* "Public Associations and the Authorities: Cooperation in a
Democratic Society" (800 copies of a book of the same title were
also published),
* "Human Rights Conceptions in Reforming the Judicial and
Penitentiary System",
* "Fundamental Human Rights and their Protection by Non-
Governmental Organizations", and "Problems and Practice of the
Death Penalty in Kazakstan and Other CIS Countries".
Contact information:
Republic of Kazakstan
480012, Almaty City,
57 "a" Masanchi St., rooms 215, 216
Kazakstan International Organization for
Human Rights and Rule of Law
Director: Evgeniy Zhovtis
Tel: 3272 67-08-41
Fax: 3272 62-68-11
E-mail: [email protected]
Note: CCSI has received via e-mail a copy of the bureau's report
"The Human Rights Situation in Kazakstan: January-October 1996,"
which we will forward to others upon request.
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