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Kazakhstan is a State Party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, and has an established Refugee Law and national asylum procedures. Kazakhstan has not yet acceded to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons or the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Reaffirming its commitment to protecting forcibly displaced and stateless people, authorities, academia, NGOs and the UN in Kazakhstan have made nine pledges to the objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees.
In 2024, Kazakhstan joined the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajlkistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan In adopting the Ashgabat Declaration on Ending Statelessness in Central Asia. The UNHCR National Office Kazakhstan is based in Astana, and the UNHCR Representation to Central Asia is in Almaty.