Dr. Nurumov currently holds the position of Associated Senior Legal Advisor with the Legal Policy Research Centre (LPRC), one of the leading independent think-tanks in Kazakhstan.
He consults national governments, international organizations, and NGOs across the region on conflict prevention and early warning, national minority issues, human rights, and criminal procedure as well as the use of ICT technologies in criminal justice.
In 2015-2016, Dmitry Nurumov served as Special Adviser on Ukraine for the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM). In 2011, he joined OSCE/HCNM as Legal Adviser. Prior to that, he worked at the ODIHR Rule of Law Unit as OSCE/ODIHR Rule of Law Programme Coordinator in Central Asia. Before joining the OSCE/ODIHR, Dmitry Nurumov was a Legal Expert for the OSCE Centre in Almaty from 2001 to 2003. He also worked for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and a local NGO in Kazakhstan.
In 2000, he defended a Ph.D. in International Public Law at Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations (MGIMO).
Dmitry Nurumov has written and edited publications on criminal procedure, human rights, and constitutional law. He serves on the Board of Penal Reform International (London).