Kazakhstani NGOs Present Reports in Copenhagen

Freedom House sent representatives of the Kazakhstani NGO coalition “OSCE 2010” to the June 10-11 OSCE Copenhagen Conference to mark the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Copenhagen Document, which bound OSCE member states to meeting high standards in the areas of free elections, rule of law, and other fundamental human rights. At the twentieth anniversary conference, representatives of governments and civil society met to discuss how governments have lived up to their pledges. “OSCE 2010” members presented examples of how Kazakhstan, the current OSCE chairman, has failed to meet several of its Copenhagen commitments.

The full text of their report can be accessed in English and in Russian
 
A separate report of the state of free elections in Kazakhstan can be accessed in English here.