The Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan has developed a new Plan for further action in the field of human rights and the rule of law. The draft Plan has been posted for public comment on the open regulations portal. As stated in the explanatory note to the document, the new Plan was developed in accordance […]
The Senate (upper house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan discussed the draft law “On amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning the protection of the rights of child, education, information and informatization”. To the surprise of the public, the senators didn’t approve the most scandalous amendments regarding the tightening […]
The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan proposes to expand the categories of cases considered by the court with the participation of jurors from 14 to 44. The relevant Regulatory Policy Advisory Document to the Draft Law “On amendments and additions to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan to expand the categories of cases […]
In Kazakhstan, the authorities intend to introduce administrative arrest for violation of martial law, as well as to abandon the use of the word disabled. Corresponding amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) were developed by the Ministry of Justice of the republic. The draft amendments are posted on the portal of open normative […]
In Kazakhstan, the authorities want to legally prohibit the closest relatives of the President from holding political public positions and positions of leaders in the quasi-public sector. Such an initiative was made by the President of the republic Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, making a speech to the people. According to Tokayev, the President of an independent Kazakhstan […]
The abolition of the death penalty will be enshrined in the Constitution of Kazakhstan. Such an initiative was made by the President of the republic Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, making a speech to the people. As ACCA has already reported, after coming to power in 2019, Tokayev promised to accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the […]
Kazakhstan has adopted a number of new laws aimed at further democratizing society, including the law on peaceful assemblies, which allows civil activists, including opposition-minded public activists, to freely hold rallies and freely express their opinions. This statement was made by the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during his message to the people of the […]
Kazakhstani journalists and human rights activists have appealed to the authorities demanding that they refuse to adopt amendments that would tighten control over social networks. As ACCA has already reported, deputies of the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved amendments to legislative acts on the protection of the rights of the child, education, information and informatization. Among […]
Deputies of the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved amendments to legislative acts on the protection of the rights of child, education, information and informatization. Among the proposed amendments is to oblige social networks to remove illegal content. First of all, we are talking about Internet harassment and bullying within a day from the date of getting […]
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