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President Tokayev exhorts new parliament to take on new political reforms in Kazakhstan 2021-01-31 Lucas Baltis President of Kazakhstan, Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has on January 15, 2021, presented to the newly elected members of parliament (Mazhilis) a third package of political reforms largely initiated by him. The new initiatives of the President aim to foster a further institutional development of the political system of Kazakhstan and enhance the mechanisms of the protection of human rights. President Tokayev thanked the members of the previous convocation for their successful work, n...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 18 January 2021 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today opened its online limited eighty-sixth session. Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, said the Committee had been working on the Third Optional Protocol, and General Comment 25, and would spare no efforts to discharge its mandate. Because of COVID-19, pre-existing problems had worsened. Child poverty was increasing and the closure of schools had had a devastating impact, increasing dropout rates. This had resulted in what the United Nations Secretary-General had called a ...