Kazakhstan Develops New Rules for Journalists’ Accreditation
The Ministry of Culture and Information in Kazakhstan has introduced new standard rules for accrediting media representatives. These rules include a simplified and automated accreditation process for media outlets and their journalists, using an accreditation card.
Media outlets can now accredit their journalists through a single media platform, an information system designed to support state information policy. The accrediting organization will announce the start of application acceptance for accreditation cards in both state and Russian languages on this platform.
Media organizations wishing to obtain accreditation for their journalists must submit an application on the single media platform. This application must be signed by the editor-in-chief or a representative of the media outlet and include a copy of the journalists’ identification documents.
The accrediting organization will review the applications and notify applicants of their decision—whether to issue or refuse an accreditation card—through the single media platform. Accreditation cards will be issued for a period determined by the accrediting organization.
Reasons for refusing to issue an accreditation card include:
- Failure to provide necessary documents.
- A court decision to suspend or terminate the media outlet’s operations.
- The media outlet not being registered in the official register.
The register of registered media will be available on the website of the authorized body in the field of mass media.
The rules also outline the grounds for revoking an accreditation card, in line with the Model Rules for the Accreditation of Journalists. Media representatives can appeal a refusal to issue an accreditation card according to Kazakhstan’s legal procedures.
The document detailing these new rules is available on the Open Legal Entities website for public discussion until August 1.
