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Kazakhstan

Regional group:

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	Vice-president (2015)
Coordinator of regional group:	1 (2014)
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	–
OHCHR presence:	Human Rights Adviser
NHRI accreditation status:	B

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Kazakhstan has not been principal sponsor of any Council resolution.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2013, Kazakhstan has (in the absence of consensus) voted in favour of item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention) resolutions on the situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; against resolutions on the situations in Belarus and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and has abstained on a large number of resolutions on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. It also abstained during voting on country-specific item 2 resolutions on the situation in Sri Lanka. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Kazakhstan has consistently voted in favour. On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Kazakhstan has joined consensus on all resolutions except for two that were voted on during the period of its membership: on cooperation with Ukraine (Kazakhstan abstained). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Kazakhstan has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, it has tended to vote in favour. Notwithstanding, it has abstained during votes on the right to peace, sexual orientation, and the effects of terrorism. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Kazakhstan has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, all adopted texts except for three (where it abstained): on unilateral coercive measures (twice) and access to medicine.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

119

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Country has not previously held a seat on the Council

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on extreme poverty, 2017

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

ICCPR
3 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2014, 2019)

Mid-term report

1st and 3rd cycles

Level of delegation

Ministry

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 20 / 192

2^nd cycle: 33 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

YES

Response to allegations from government concerned?
NO

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 6

Kazakhstan tabled voluntary pledges and commitments in support for its candidacy for membership for the period 2013-2015 on 6 June 2012.

Domestically, Kazakhstan committed, inter alia, to: implement UN human rights recommendations
(e.g., from Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures) by integrating them into its national human rights action plan; table a national bill on the establishment of a NPM under the OP-CAT; and continue its efforts towards the gradual abolition of the death penalty.

At international level, Kazakhstan pledged, inter alia, to: participate fully in the UPR process and effectively implement the recommendations received from the Special Procedures.

An analysis of steps taken by Kazakhstan in fulfilment of its pledges shows that in 2014, the UN Committee
against Torture recognised the establishment of an NPM under the OP-CAT, although it also expressed concerns about its operation. Kazakhstan has also taken steps to meaningfully participate in the UPR process by submitting mid-term reports. However, its participation in other countries’ reviews remains rather low (only 20 during the first cycle, and 33 during the second cycle.) Kazakhstan has a strong record of cooperation with Special Procedures. It maintains a standing invitation, has facilitated around 75% of the received visit requests, and has responded to almost all communications.

Kazakhstan

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 20 / 192

2nd cycle: 33 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 6

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 20 / 192

2^nd cycle: 33 / 192