KAZAKHSTAN URGED TO END MANDATORY REGISTRATION OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES - UN EXPERT

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Date: 4 Apr 2014 19:00:00 -0400
Subject: KAZAKHSTAN URGED TO END MANDATORY REGISTRATION OF RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITIES - UN EXPERT
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KAZAKHSTAN URGED TO END MANDATORY REGISTRATION OF RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITIES - UN EXPERTNew York, Apr 4 2014 7:00PMThe United Nations
expert on religious freedom called today on the Kazakhstan Government
to halt the mandatory registration of religious communities, which
notably affects small groups.

During a visit to Kazakhstan - mandated by the UN Human Rights Council
- Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or
belief found religious pluralism to be a hallmark of the society
"traceable far back in history and perhaps even pre-history."

"Some of the people I talked to during my visit invoked specifically
nomadic traditions of hospitality and open-mindedness when explaining
the accommodation of different religious communities in Kazakhstan
today," Mr. Bielefeldt
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14469&LangID=E">said.

However, a 2011 Law on Religious Associations requires all religious
communities in Kazakhstan to obtain registration status to exercise
collective religious functions.
Mr. Bielefeldt pointed out that, registering religious communities
leads to legal insecurity.

"Those communities, which fail to meet the threshold set by the law or
prefer not to be registered, live in legal insecurity which adversely
affects their freedom of religion or belief," he warned.

While Mr. Bielefeldt acknowledged the active role Kazakh authorities
play in promoting peaceful interreligious coexistence, he added
"freedom of religion or belief inherently belongs to all human beings
and does not require State's approval."

Noting the country's secular constitution received general approval by
the population, he said that during his visit, he sometimes came
across restrictive interpretations that confined freedom of religion
or belief to pre-defined territorial spaces.

The Special Rapporteur recommended, "an open discussion of the meaning
and implications of secularism" to help "overcome restrictive
attitudes within the administration and within law-enforcement
agencies."

Mr. Bielefeldt spent 12 days in Astana, Almaty and Karaganda meeting
with Government officials and agencies; religious and belief
communities; and civil society organizations.

In 2015, the Special Rapporteur will present a report containing his
conclusions and recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council.

Independent experts or special rapporteurs are appointed by the UN
Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation
or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the
experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.Apr 4 2014
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