On September 2, 2021 the presentation of the 2019-2020 Consolidated Report of the participants of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) took place. Based on visits to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, members of the NPM Coordinating Council shared the results of monitoring and analysis on the observance of the rights and legitimate interests of persons in the following institutions:

• penitentiary institutions;

• temporary detention facilities and other facilities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

• facilities of the National Security Committee and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

• In the institutions for compulsory treatment of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

• in the institutions of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

• medical and social institutions of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Conclusions and recommendations of independent bodies were discussed at the event organized by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UN Development Program in Kazakhstan, Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia and National Preventive Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture. More than 100 participants of the event from representatives of stakeholders, such as the MIA of the RK, NSC, MoD of the RK, MoH of the RK, MES of the RK, MLSP of the RK and NGOs had the opportunity to learn about the report and question the speakers.