Countering Terrorism

The authorized state body for the coordination of activities in the field of countering terrorism in the Republic of Kazakhstan is the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which:

1) coordinates the activities of state bodies and local self-government bodies in the field of countering terrorism;

2) exercises control over the implementation by state bodies and local self-government bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan of a set of measures to improve security systems and readiness to neutralize terrorist threats;

3) develops, within the limits of authority, regulatory legal acts in the field of countering terrorism;

4) provides to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan an annual report on the measures taken to counter terrorism, and also carries out current information to the President and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan about terrorist threats;

5) contributes to an increase in the level of anti-terrorist protection of objects vulnerable to terrorism by informing their leaders about the nature and specifics of terrorist threats, developing recommendations on countering terrorism and anti-terrorist protection, conducting practical anti-terrorist exercises at objects vulnerable to terrorism;

6) perform other functions provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Details

Coordination of the activities of state bodies in the field of countering terrorism is carried out through the achievement of interaction between these bodies, mutual exchange of information and the consistency of their actions for the implementation of common tasks and goals.

To implement the decisions of state bodies in the field of countering terrorism, normative legal and legal acts of these bodies may be issued.

Coordination of activities is carried out:

• by the national security bodies within the framework of the permanent Anti-Terrorist Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which is created under the authorized state body for the coordination of activities in the field of countering terrorism;
• akimats of a region, a city of republican significance, the capital, a district (a city of regional significance) within the framework of anti-terrorist commissions, which are created under the local executive body of a region, a city of republican significance, the capital, a district (a city of regional significance).

To ensure effective interaction of state bodies engaged in countering terrorism, their authorized representatives are seconded or sent to the working body of the Anti-Terrorist Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Counter terrorism includes:

• prevention of terrorism;
• detection, suppression of terrorist activities, disclosure and investigation of terrorist crimes;
• minimization and (or) elimination of the consequences of terrorism by providing emergency medical assistance, medical and psychological support, carrying out emergency rescue and fire-fighting measures, restoring the normal functioning and environmental safety of objects exposed to terrorist attacks, social rehabilitation of persons who have suffered as a result of an act of terrorism, and persons who participated in its suppression, compensation for moral and material harm to persons who have suffered as a result of an act of terrorism.