Kazakhstan

• Abduction 4
• Abuse of psychiatry 16
• Age discrimination 2
• Ahmadis 9
• Airports 2
• Anti-terrorism law 7
• Appeal / Right to appeal 2
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 51
• Armed forces / Military 30
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 32
• Armenian 1
• Assyrians 2
• Asylum policy 1
• Asylum-seekers 20
• Atheist / Agnostic 5
• Azeri 1
• Bail 2
• Baptist 73
• Border conflict 11
• Border controls 7
• Border crossers 3
• Buddhist 1
• Catholic 4
• Ceasefire 3
• Chechen 4
• Child labour 2
• Child prostitution 1
• Children's rights 11
• Children-at-risk 8
• Chinese 1
• Christian 74
• Citizenship / Nationality law 12
• Civil and political rights 21
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 13
• Conflict resolution 2
• Conflict situation 2
• Constitutional law 1
• Contemporary forms of slavery 2
• Corruption 43
• Cossacks 1
• Coup d'état 3
• Criminal justice 81
• Death in custody 4
• Death penalty 3
• Democracy 1
• Denial of refugee status 7
• Deportation / Forcible return 35
• Disappeared persons 5
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 11
• Domestic violence 5
• Drug trafficking 7
• Economic, social and cultural rights 8
• Effective remedy 2
• Election law 2
• Elections 77
• Emigrants 2
• Equal opportunities 1
• Evangelical 1
• Exiles 7
• Expulsion 3
• Extradition 51
• Extrajudicial executions 8
• Extreme poverty 2
• Forced labour 6
• Forced marriage 1
• Forced relocation 2
• Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
• Foreign occupation 2
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 24
• Freedom of assembly and association 82
• Freedom of conscience 13
• Freedom of expression 410
• Freedom of information 185
• Freedom of movement 6
• Freedom of religion 340
• Freedom of speech 135
• Gender discrimination 1
• Gender mainstreaming 1
• Good governance 23
• HIV and AIDS 10
• Hare Krishna 29
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 37
• Human Rights Council 3
• Human rights activists 88
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 20
• Human rights law 1
• Human rights monitors 14
• Illegal entry 2
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
• Immigrants 1
• Immigration Detention 2
• Impunity 8
• Independence of judiciary 2
• Indigenous persons 1
• Internal armed conflict 9
• International armed conflict 2
• Involuntary repatriation 1
• Jehovah's Witness 39
• Jew 1
• Kazakhs 19
• Kurd 3
• Labour law 1
• Laws relating to religion 45
• Legal representation / Legal aid 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 13
• Lutheran 1
• Maternal and child health care 2
• Mental health 2
• Methodist 3
• Migrant rights 6
• Migrants 16
• Military courts 1
• Military operations 13
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
• Minorities 34
• Minority rights 3
• Muslim 103
• National security / Public order 13
• Non-refoulement 3
• Opposition 157
• Orthodox Christian 10
• Passports 8
• Peace agreements 3
• Peace process 8
• Pentecostal 9
• Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 11
• Persecution based on political opinion 28
• Persecution of family members 2
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 7
• Persons with disabilities 2
• Police 35
• Political asylum 4
• Political groups 13
• Political parties 43
• Political situation 162
• Polygamy 2
• Pre-trial detention 23
• Presbyterian 16
• Prison or detention conditions 43
• Prosecution vs persecution 18
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 5
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 2
• Protestant 44
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 92
• Public health 8
• Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
• Referendum 3
• Refoulement 1
• Refugees 15
• Registration 1
• Rejected asylum-seekers 2
• Religious discrimination 167
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 38
• Resettlement 1
• Residence permits / Residency 1
• Return conditions 1
• Returnees 1
• Right to education 6
• Right to employment 30
• Right to food 3
• Right to health 1
• Right to justice 2
• Right to life 1
• Right to seek asylum 6
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rights of non-citizens 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 23
• Russians 14
• Salafi 3
• Sanctions 4
• Scientologist 1
• Security forces 14
• Security situation 52
• Seventh Day Adventist 8
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 4
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Shabak 2
• Shia 3
• Slavs 2
• Smuggling of persons 4
• Social group discrimination 1
• State of emergency 4
• State protection 1
• Statelessness 12
• Statelessness Determination Procedures 11
• Sufi 3
• Sunni 27
• Tajik 3
• Tatars 2
• Terrorism 98
• Threats / Intimidation 1
• Torture 25
• Trafficking in persons 9
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 6
• Travel documents 6
• Turkmen 2
• Uighur 21
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1
• Uzbek 15
• Visas 9
• Voluntary repatriation 1
• Withdrawal of nationality 3
• Witnesses 1
• Women's rights 10
• Women-at-risk 2
• Work permits 1
• Yazīdī 2

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• Amnesty International - Kazakstan
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• EurasiaNet - Kazakhstan
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Kazakhstan
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Kazakhstan
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Tashkent
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Kazakhstan
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Kazakhstan
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Kazakhstan
• ReliefWeb - Kazakhstan
• UNHCR - Kazakhstan
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Kazakhstan
• United States Department of State - Kazakhstan
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Kazakhstan