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To find organisations working for LGBTQI+ rights, visit our Kazakhstan LGBTQI+ Resources page.
For Kazakhstan country of origin information (COI) experts, reports, commentaries, and relevant documents visit our Kazakhstan COI page.
Refugee protection
Click here to see the numbers and origins of refugees hosted by Kazakhstan.
The following sections contain information on the most important international treaties and agreements of which Kazakhstan is signatory, as well as national legislation relevant to the protection of refugees.
Kazakhstan acceded to the 1951 Refugee Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol in 1999. Although Kazakhstan has not yet acceded to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons nor the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, the UNHCR actively promotes its implementation by strengthening legal and administrative frameworks aimed at identification, registration, and protection of stateless persons.
Following the entry into force of the National Law of Refugees in January 2010, the Government of Kazakhstan assumed the full responsibility of refugee status determination (RSD). Kazakhstan’s Migration Police Department are its territorial offices are responsible for registering and documenting stateless persons arriving in Kazakhstan.
Legal aid organisations
Website
Address: 57a Masanchi Str., Almaty 480012,
Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 327 2 670 841
Fax: +7 327 2 626 811
Contact Person(s): Mr. Denis Dzhivaga ( denis.dzhivaga@gmail.com), Ms. Gulmira Kuatbekova (gulmira.kuatbekova@gmail.com), and Mr. Nikolay Tarara (shymkent.kibhr@gmail.com)
Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law implements the project on legal assistance to refugees in cooperation with UNHCR in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law provides free legal consultations in the Bureau’s headquarters in Almaty, conducts trainings in human rights for law professionals and students, operates an assistance program for refugees, and maintains its Legal Defense Center. The Bureau analyzes legislation regarding refugees and asylum in Kazakhstan, offers free legal aid, and provides material assistance in exceptional cases. They have nine branches and one representative, all of which provide free legal aid.
Organisations providing other support to refugees
Website
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Address: 050010, Almaty, Kunayev St 86, Republic of Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 (727) 29 16 291 (ext. 706)
Fax: +7 (727) 29 18 172
Email: info@redcrescent.kz or medmigration@redcrescent.kz
The Red Crescent of Kazakhstan provides a range of social assistance, including financial assistance for essential goods, education, and health needs, the provision of health treatment and the provision of medical assistance.
Kazakhstan LGBTQI+ Resources
Find organisations working for refugee LGBTQI+ rights in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan COI
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Last updated June 2023