The UNODC Regional Office and the Constitutional Court have agreed on cooperation

The Chairman met with the Regional Representative in Central Asia of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ms. Ashita Mittal, at the Constitutional Court. The meeting was attended by V. Tkachenko, UNODC Coordinator for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, M. Sarieva, Acting Head of the UNODC Program Office in Kazakhstan, and A. Bahadirov, UNODC Program Management Coordinator for Central Asia.

The meeting participants discussed measures to strengthen the rule of law and the protection of human rights and the contribution of the Constitutional Court to achieving these goals. They also discussed issues of women's representation in the field of justice, including as judges, prospects for consolidating their efforts within Central Asia to exchange professional experience and skills, the role of decisions of the Kazakh constitutional control body in ensuring fair criminal justice, public and personal security.

Following the meeting, the participants agreed on cooperation and implementation of joint projects to ensure access to the UNODC information base, expert support and professional development of the staff of the Office of the Constitutional Court and state bodies, the legal community involved in constitutional proceedings.