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control of the Ministry of
Health, staff of the General
Prosecutor’s Office of the
Republic of Kazakhstan for
taking prosecutorial response
measures provided for by law.
Most of the issues in the
visited healthcare institutions
are related to the lack or
underdevelopment of the
rehabilitation direction in the
treatment of patients. This is
especially true in psychiatric
hospitals where the system
of psychiatric care, despite
significant improvements at
the legal level, nevertheless,
adheres to the historical
situation, in which it performs
the functions of control,
deterrence, restriction and
isolation of patients. Lack
of classes hobby clubs,
passive pastime leads to
further degradation of the
personality, loss of social,
daily and life skills. To the
present moment, very few
measures have been taken
to create alternative types
of mental health services, as
well as to deinstitutionalize
the existing system.
The national legislation on
the protection of the rights of
persons with mental (psychic)
CONSOLIDATED REPORT
defects
and
disability
does not comply with the
Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities,
as it establishes an obvious
conflict of interest: a medical
or social institution provides
social services.
Social
protection
authorities do not develop
an individual rehabilitation
program for people with
disabilities that are on file
with a psychiatrist.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
AND ITS LOCAL
DEPARTMENTS:
1. It is necessary to continue
constant
information
work among staff of both
central
authorities
and
subordinate, territorial, local
units and institutions on the
importance and significance
of the national preventive
mechanism for combating
torture
and
degrading
treatment. It is necessary to
take administrative measures
to the heads of medical
institutions who do not
comply with the provisions of
regulatory and legal acts of
the Republic of Kazakhstan
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