The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan (National Center for Human Rights), together with the OSCE Program Office in Nur-Sultan, implemented the project "Monitoring of the legislation and existing regulatory enforcement practice with respect to the rights of individuals with mental health disorders" with the involvement of an independent expert A. Shakibayeva.
Based on the results of the project, A. Shakibayeva prepared a report on the topic " Legal Status of Individuals with Mental Health Disorders at State-run Medical and Social Care Facilities", which was published on the official website of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The report describes the situation with respect for the rights of persons with mental disabilities living in special social institutions and medical centers for psychiatric treatment, to preserve their legal capacity and to live independently in the local community, and also contains recommendations to the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and local executive bodies.
It should be noted that the report is the first and only one of its kind analysis of the observance of the rights of persons with mental health disorders not only for Kazakhstan but also for the whole of Central Asia.