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UN Economic and Social Council: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan security forces have arrested human rights activists and bloggers for "dissemination of knowingly false information."
Source: American Bar Association, September 3, 2020. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Mission of the Economic and Social Council: "The Economic and Social Council is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental. It is the central platform for fostering debate and innovative thinking, forging consensus on ways forward, and coordinating efforts to achieve internationally agreed goals." (ECOSOC website, "About Us")

Term of office: 2022-2024

Kazakhstan's Record on "social development" and "fostering debate":
"Significant human rights issues included: unlawful or arbitrary killing by or on behalf of the government; torture by and on behalf of the government; political prisoners; problems with the independence of the judiciary; restrictions on free expression, the press, and the internet; interference with the rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of association; restrictions on political participation; corruption; trafficking in persons; and restrictions on workers’ freedom of association."
(U.S. State Department's Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2020, Kazakhstan)

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