Kazakhstan Human Rights
WASHINGTON, November 26 - President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree on November 17 authorizing the signature by the Republic of Kazakhstan of the two international human rights covenants, which, in addition to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, form the International Bill of Human Rights. According to the decree, Kazakhstan will soon join the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. These covenants were approved by the UN General Assembly in December 1966. As of today, 148 countries are members of the document on civil and political rights, and 145 countries have already joined to the document on economic, social and cultural rights Officials of the presidential administration called this move historic and again voiced their to end the death penalty. ......

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