International cooperation in the field of constitutional justice: Kazakhstan exchanged experience with partners from 40 countries

The delegation of the Constitutional Court consisting of Deputy Chairman Bakyt Nurmukhanov, Judge Aizhan Zhatkanbayeva and staff members visited Sofia (Bulgaria) to participate in the XX meeting of the Joint Council on Constitutional Justice of the Venice Commission.

The event brought together representatives of constitutional control bodies from more than 40 states. The participants studied the use of information exchange resources and filling database (Codices), also discussed the issues of preserving the principles of constitutionalism in the post-pandemic period.

The Kazakh side informed the international partners about the ongoing political reforms in the country, the experience of developing constitutionalism and the restoration of the Constitutional Court.

It is worth reminding that the Joint Council of Constitutional Justice of the Venice Commission serves as a link between the European Commission for Democracy through Law that established by the Council of Europe (Venice Commission) and the European constitutional courts. The Joint Council of Constitutional Justice of the Venice Commission is the advisory body of the Council of Europe in the field of constitutional law and cooperates with constitutional courts to promote the idea of constitutionalism and strengthen the capacity of constitutional courts and equivalent bodies by providing expert support.