Kazakhstan has made a significant contribution to the advancement of international human rights standards.

As a member of the main human rights platform of the UN, Kazakhstan has made a significant contribution to the progressive development of international human rights standards, acting as a "bridge builder" between the East and the West to bring approaches closer and strengthen the global system.

Over the past three years, Kazakhstan has organized a series of key events on issues of gender equality, abolition of the death penalty, and protection of the rights of vulnerable individuals in the context of climate change. Our country has united the efforts of Central Asian states, the European Union, and other strategic partners.

During its membership, on behalf of Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan proposed two important resolutions for adoption in the UN Human Rights Council.

In October 2023, following the 54th session of the Human Rights Council, a resolution on children's rights in education was adopted. The document aims to ensure quality education, peace, and tolerance to eliminate discrimination, as well as safe access to education for children affected by armed conflicts.

This resolution served as the basis for the first panel discussion of the UN Human Rights Council in September 2024, where, among other children's rights issues, the integration of repatriated children from conflict zones through education was discussed for the first time. In June 2025, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, F. Türk, will present a report on the topic of the discussion.

On October 10, 2024, during the concluding 57th session, the first-ever resolution on the eradication of domestic violence was adopted for Kazakhstan's membership in the UN Human Rights Council. It draws the international community's attention to the global pandemic of domestic violence.

Thanks to the Kazakhstani resolution, the Human Rights Council recognized for the first time that domestic violence is a human rights issue and called on all states to take concrete measures to prevent and eradicate domestic violence, protect victims, and ensure accountability for perpetrators.

To further promote the eradication of domestic violence and draw the international community's attention to this issue, the Council decided to include it in its work plan for 2025 and hold a UN panel discussion on the prevention and eradication of domestic violence. Following the discussion, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will present a comprehensive report with specific recommendations on how to address the structural and deep-rooted causes and risk factors to prevent domestic violence.

Alongside its initiatives, Kazakhstan was invited to be among the main authors of the UN Human Rights Council resolutions on promoting a culture of peace (Gambia), combating gender-based violence related to technology (Belgium), the right to free primary education (Luxembourg), and the social reintegration of former prisoners (Costa Rica).

The international community's focus on these issues was based on Kazakhstan's priorities in the human rights sphere, which stem from the reforms initiated by President K. Tokayev.

All of Kazakhstan's initiatives, despite differing positions and approaches of UN member states, were adopted by unanimous decision of the UN Human Rights Council and received broad support in the form of co-sponsorship from countries across all regions of the world, including the USA, China, Russia, India, Canada, Switzerland, EU countries, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Kazakhstan's active participation in the global forum was accompanied by significant reforms in the country's human rights system, including the re-establishment of the Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan, the abolition of the death penalty, and joining the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the optional protocols to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, criminalization of domestic violence, and the adoption of two national action plans for gender equality.

The republic's commitment to its human rights obligations is confirmed by concrete actions both domestically and on key international platforms.

The high appreciation from key UN actors of our country's contribution to strengthening global cooperation on human rights solidifies Kazakhstan's role as a so-called "middle power."

Concluding its second three-year term on the UN Human Rights Council, Kazakhstan reaffirmed its strong commitment to global values in the protection of human rights.