The Vth Congress of the Asian Association in Mongolia

Chairman of the Constitutional Council Kairat Mami participated in the Vth Congress of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions entitled: “Recent Developments of Constitutional Justice in Asia", held in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).

The forum was organized by the Constitutional Court of Mongolia within the framework of the Presidency in the Asian Association.

At the plenary session, the Chairman of the Constitutional Council delivered a welcoming speech to the participants of the event, emphasizing that in 2005 in the capital of Mongolia the need to create an association of Asian constitutional courts was discussed for the first time. After many years of efforts, our organization has become an authoritative association with great potential. The Speaker also said that in the Nur-Sultan Declaration adopted at the end of the Fourth Congress, we reaffirmed that in the era of global change, ensuring the highest legal force of the Constitution is a prerequisite condition for the progressive development of any state that has embarked on the path of democratic modernization.

The work of the Congress was held in two sessions dedicated to the implementation of constitutional control in the context of global changes, as well as new challenges such as digitalization, e-government and climate change.

In the first session, K. Mami made a presentation on the topic: "Constitutional Review in Kazakhstan: tasks and prospects at the present stage." The participants of the Congress were informed about the ongoing constitutional reform in Kazakhstan, in particular, the transformation of the Constitutional Council into the Constitutional Court.

The Congress was attended by members of the Asian Association, chairmen and judges of constitutional justice bodies of foreign countries, heads of state structures of Mongolia, as well as representatives of international organizations.