Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan
This law was widely discussed both in the media and by foreign organizations. Please tell us in which regions it was discussed, and who participated in these discussions?
Despite the quarantine measures related to the coronavirus pandemic, the state provided all the necessary opportunities for the participation of representatives of civil society, the expert community, as well as international organizations in the development and discussion of the law, including through the use of online formats. All stages of the development and discussion of this law were widely covered in the media and social networks.
About 20 hearings were held in 9 cities of Kazakhstan (Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Karaganda, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Petropavlovsk, Uralsk, Ust-Kamenogorsk and Shymkent) with the involvement of the public, representatives of civil society and the media.
Two separate presentations were held for representatives of foreign embassies and international organizations, including the OSCE, the European Union, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Regional Office for Central Asia, and others.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations, international experts, heads of diplomatic missions of foreign States, members of the National Council of public trust and the media actively participated in the discussion of the law in the Parliament. In particular, a round table was held under the chairmanship of the Speaker of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which was attended by more than 100 NGOs in the regions of the country. At the end of each stage of discussion, the law was amended. The adopted law is more than half different from its first version, and these changes were taken into account taking into account the views of representatives of the civil sector.
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