Implementing organisation: Applicant: Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law (KIBHR)

Co-applicant: International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)

Duration: 1 February 2020–30 April 2023

Total budget: €315,800

EU contribution: €300,000

Project partners: Kazakhstani NGO Coalition against Torture; state authorities

Location: Kazakhstan

Keywords: 3 keywords which will make the project easy to find online: Kazakhstan; fight against torture;  Coalition against Torture

Contract number: EIDHR/2019/ 412-757

Main target groups

- NGOs involved in the fight against torture and ill-treatment in Kazakhstan, in particular members of the NGO Coalition against Torture;

-Victims and potential victims of torture and ill-treatment, including people in detention and members of vulnerable groups such as women, children and disabled people, as well as their family members;

- Members of the National Preventive Mechanism;

- National authorities; and

- International institutions and stakeholders.

Expected results

- Increased capacity and resources of the NGO Coalition against Torture to address the problem of torture;

- Enhanced cooperation among civil society and national authorities in the fight against torture, and more effective functioning of the National Preventive Mechanism;

- Improved access to adequate legal, medical and psychological assistance among torture victims;

- Improved knowledge and skills of law enforcement officials to investigate torture allegations and hold perpetrators responsible; and

- Improved visibility of torture-related issues in Kazakhstan, and improved access to information on such issues among national and international target institutions.