The Work of the National Center for Human Rights on Citizen Petitions, Regarding Violations of Children's Rights
Orphans – persons under 18 years of age, whose parents are deceased, or one parent is deceased.
Children without parental care – children under 18 years, without the care of one or both parents, in the following cases:
- death of parents (orphans);
- long-term absence of parents;
- deprivation or limitation of parental rights;
- parents deemed missing or disabled (partially incapacitated);
- illness of parents;
- parents are serving time in institutions or detention facilities, deprived of their liberty, either on suspicion of or accused of committing a crime;
- parent’s avoidance of parenting or protection of children’ rights and interests, including parents’ refusal to take their children to and from educational and medical institutions, social protection, and other similar institutions;
- other cases of children without parental care, as specified by the law.
Disabled person – a person who has a health disorder with a disability, caused by illnesses, or injuries (wounds, trauma, concussions), resulting in limitations to daily life that require his/her social protection.
Disabled child – a person under 18 years of age, who has a health disorder with a disability, caused by illnesses or injuries (wounds, trauma, concussions), resulting in limitations to daily life that require his/her social protection.
Residential Institutions for children – children's homes, social and pedagogical institutions, boarding schools for orphans and children without parental care, auxiliary boarding schools, special general education boarding schools, specialised educational institutions, special medical-educational institutions, and other residential institutions for children.
The Work of the National Center for Human Rights on Citizen Petitions, Regarding Violations of Children's Rights
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | |
| Petitions accepted for examination, total | 59 | 73 | 63 | 75 | 68 | 42 |
| Not accepted for examination, total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Reason: | ||||||
| not under the mandate of the Center | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| rights violation is not identified | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Examined petitions, total | 59 | 73 | 63 | 67 | 67 | 39 |
| Type: | ||||||
| human rights violation not identified | 31 | 47 | 28 | 42 | 46 | 26 |
| rights restored by the state body | 22 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 6 |
| applicant's claims have been restored, but not fully | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| rights violation identified, work conducted for further restoration | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Positively-solved complaints on children rights violations (in percent of the total number of complaints accepted for examination) | 47,4 | 35,6 | 55,5 | 37,3* | 30,8 | 33,3* |
* Percentage of the number of requests examined.
Effectiveness of consideration of complaints concerning violations of the rights of minors by authorized bodies, %
| year | executed in full | partially executed | refused | applicant has been given written explanations |
| 2020 | 46,0 | 27,0 | 27,0 | - |
| 2021 | 25,9 | 16,1 | 29,0 | 29,0 |
* Applicant has been given written explanations .
** More detailed information is contained in the Analytical Report on the activities of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2020 (section «Rights of minors»): www.ombudsman.gov.kz.