28.09.2022
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Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev doesn’t appear in the new Constitution

The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, initiated amendments to the country’s main law – the Constitution. The entire package of constitutional amendments will be submitted to a national referendum, the date of which has not yet been determined. It should be noted that this will be the sixth change in the Constitution in the history […]

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Kazakhstan: The President signed the scandalous law on information, but without restrictions on social networks

he President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, signed the sensational law “On amendments and additions to certain legislative acts on the protection of the rights of the child, education, information and informatization”. To the credit of the head of state, the law didn’t include scandalous amendments that strengthen control over social networks. As ACCA has already […]

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Kazakhstan: New Human Rights Action Plan was developed

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 […]

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Kazakhstan: Senators didn’t miss the amendments tightening control over social networks

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 […]

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Kazakhstan: Supreme Court proposes to refer torture cases to jury trial

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 […]

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Tajikistan: New Housing Code aims to protect socially vulnerable groups of population

Tajikistan has adopted a new Housing Code. Its adoption was preceded by a long and painstaking work of non-governmental organizations, step by step pushing the authorities of Tajikistan to adopt this Code. “The previous Housing Code, adopted in 1997, practically repeated the version of the Soviet Housing Code adopted in the Tajik SSR in 1984. […]

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Kazakhstan introduces administrative arrest for violating state of martial law

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 […]

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Kazakhstan: Relatives of the President will be banned from holding public positions

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 […]

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Kazakhstan: The abolition of the death penalty will be enshrined in the Constitution

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 […]

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