11th April 2019

Kazakhstan – Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 34th Session October 2019

Key takeaways and recommendations

The submission deals with our concerns with regard to laws related to rape and other forms of sexual violence and practices which effectively deny access to justice for survivors of sexual violence.

Submitted by: Equality Now, the Public Movement Against Violence, #NeMolchi.Kz and the Feminist League of Kazakhstan.

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