New members of the Coordinating Council of the National Preventive Mechanism have been elected

On July 5, 2022, a meeting of the commission for the election of members of the Coordinating Council for the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) was held. The Commission under the Commissioner for Human Rights included: Deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Beknazarov, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan Asset Chindaliev, Head of the National Center for Human Rights Zere Utebayeva, Secretary of the Human Rights Commission under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Tastemir Abishev, Executive Director of the Charter for Human Rights Public Foundation Zhemis Turmagambetova, Director Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law Yevgeny Zhovtis, Commissioner for Children's Rights in Kazakhstan Aruzhan Sayn, Head of the Department of Effective Governance and Territorial Development of the United Nations Development Program in Kazakhstan Ainur Baymyrza, Director of the Center for Applied Research TALAP Rahim Oshakbayev.

According to the results of a secret ballot, 10 citizens of Kazakhstan were elected from among the citizens who submitted their applications for participation in the activities of the NPM for the prevention of torture and ill-treatment.

The updated list of members of the Coordinating Council will be available on the website of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan at the link: https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ombudsman/activities/1030?lang=ru.

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