Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Kazakhstan's hate crime laws consist of general and specific penalty-enhancement provisions. Hate crimes statistics include cases of hate speech. Hate crime data are collected by the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor's Office and the National Security Committee.
How hate crime data is collected
Hate crimes are registered by law enforcement agencies in the same way as any other crime. The process is governed by the "Rules for the reception and registration of an application, a report or a report on criminal offenses, as well as the maintenance of a single register of pre-trial investigations" approved by Order No. 89 of the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Kazakhstan, dated 19 September 2014.
When information about a crime is received, police officers fill out an electronic registration document in the information system of the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations. This is an automated database containing information on the reasons for initiating the pre-trial investigation, procedural steps and actions taken, criminal proceedings and the victim and perpetrator in criminal proceedings.
The collection of statistical data is carried out by the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Accounts of the General Prosecutor's Office. Statistical information is generated on the basis of the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations. These crime statistics are published on the official website of the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Accounts.
Official Data
National developments
A "Victim Compensation Fund" has been established by law, in order to compensate specifically defined categories of victims of certain crimes, including violent crimes, and the relatives of deceased victims.
International reports
No information is available.
Key observation
ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.
