Legal Reform

Mission

To assist in promoting the rule of law and improving the national legislation's conformity to the international standards in the field of human rights protection and delivery of justice.

 

Objectives

• Promoting a dialog between the government and the civil society in improving the national legislation and brining it into correspondence with international standards in the field of protection of civil/political and social/economic rights, and OSCE human dimension standards
• Development of partnership between the government and civil society in strengthening tolerance and non-discrimination of minorities.
• Supporting civil society initiatives aimed at giving coverage to RK's OSCE Chairmanship

 

Areas of activities

1.       Access to information

2.       Access to unbiased and fair trial

3.       Freedom of peaceful assembly and association

4.       Administrative justice and administrative responsibility

5.       Advocacy initiative

6.       Encouragement of the right to health protection and access to medical services

7.       Palliative care

8.       Promotion of tolerance and non-discrimination principles

9.       Facilitation of the right to equal access to education

10.   Mental health

 

Priorities in 2010

• Legal reform assistance - Assistance in the drafting and adoption of draft laws in the field of the access to information, administrative justice, the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly, as well as models designed to provide free legal assistance, the palliative care concept in accordance with international standards.
• Support of Human Rights Protection - Support of the civil society advocacy initiatives.
• Support of socially vulnerable groups - A module of projects designed to ensure socio-economic fairness and equality.

 

Contacts

Please, contact the director of "Legal Reform" program Aida Aidarkulova for any issues related to the access to publications, forthcoming events, and other inquiries about the Legal Reform Program.

 

111a Zheltoksan Str., Suit 9

Almaty 050000, Kazakhstan

Tel.: +7 727 258 89 83

Fax: +7 727 250 38 14

E-mail: lrp(at)soros.kz

www.soros.kz
www.krw.kz
www.budget.kz

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