Representatives of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan exchanged experience with American colleagues

From December 5 to 6 in Washington, the Vice Minister of Justice A. Akhmetova chaired the session "Human Dimension Pillar"  within the framework of the Kazakh delegation participation in the regular meeting of the Kazakhstan – US Commission on Expanded Strategic Partnership.

During the Session, the parties discussed constitutional and legal reforms in human rights field carried out in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Vice Minister also informed the American side about the progress in the field of freedom of assembly, expression, media activities and measures taken to protect refugees. She also told about the path of Kazakhstan in becoming a country free from the death penalty.

Within the framework of the working visit, Ms. A.Akhmetova had a number of meetings with representatives of international and non-governmental organizations.

Thus, during the meetings with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia – K. Wilson, Director of Innovation and Intellectual Property of the US Presidential Executive Office for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights – M. Buckler and Adviser to the Office of US Patent and Trademark – D. Folly the Vice Minister informed about the activities of trade unions, familiarized with the ongoing work to improve the legislation in the field of intellectual property, and also informed about the implementation of the Roadmap for the further development of the IP sphere, approved for 2022-2024.

At the meeting of the Vice Minister with representatives of international non-governmental organizations, such as the World Data Analysis Commission, the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute and others, the Vice Minister familiarized the participants with the ongoing measures on the preparation for the protection of reports on the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and on the progress on the implementation of human rights assessment indicators based on global indicators, developed by the Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The meetings were held in a friendly and warm atmosphere.