Chairman of the Constitutional Court met with the Ambassador of Germany and the Head of the Representative Office of the GIZ in Kazakhstan

In the Constitutional Court held a meeting between the Chairperson Elvira Azimova and the German Ambassador to Kazakhstan Monika Iverson, the Head of the Office of GIZ in Kazakhstan and the Director of the program "Promotion of legal statehood in Central Asian countries" Jörg Pudelka.

Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court Bakyt Nurmukhanov, judges of the Constitutional Court Sergey Udartsev and Roman Podoprigora took part in the meeting.

The participants of the meeting discussed promising areas of Kazakh-German cooperation on the rule of law and constitutional capacity building.

During the conversation, special attention was paid to the exchange of experience in supporting young lawyers specializing in constitutional control and the protection of human rights and freedoms.

Elvira Azimova noted that the activity of the Constitutional Court aims to ensure the supremacy and direct action of the Constitution throughout the country, protect the constitutional order, rights and freedoms of citizens. The Chairperson stressed that with the establishment of this legal institution citizens got the opportunity to apply directly to the Constitutional Court to protect their constitutional rights.

In turn, Ambassador Monica Iverson confirmed her readiness to cooperate closely in studying best practices in the development of constitutional review in the context of the rule of law.