Chairperson of the Constitutional Court met with the authorities of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC)

Chairperson of the Constitutional Court Elvira Azimova met with the Chief Justice of the AIFC Court the Rt. Hon. The Lord Burnett of Maldon, Chairman of the AIFC International Arbitration Centre (IAC) Mr. Thomas Krümmel, the Registrar and Chief Executive of the AIFC Court and Chief of Staff of the IAC Mr. Christopher Campbell-Holt and the Managing Director of Case Management Department of the AIFC court Mr. Almat Igenbayev.

During the meeting Ms. Elvira Azimova informed about the final decision adopted by the Constitutional Court on the official interpretation of the constitutional norm on the competence of the Prosecutor’s Office to represent the interests of the State in court when exercising supreme supervision over the legality of pre-trial investigation in connection with the appeal of the Prosecutor General.

Ms. Elvira Azimova has also informed about the citizen's appeal to review the constitutionality of Article 52, paragraph 3 of the Law ‘On Arbitration’. The contested norm establishes that the court has no right to reconsider the merits of the arbitration decision when considering an application to set aside an arbitration award. In this regard, Ms. Elvira Azimova expressed an invitation to the AIFC International Arbitration Centre to participate as an independent expert on UNCITRAL law and legislative experience of other states that have adopted national arbitration laws based on the UNCITRAL model law.

The foreign guests of the meeting for their part welcomed the inclusive project of the Constitutional Court on the translation the text of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan into Braille for citizens with serious visual impairments or blindness. This initiative was implemented with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Ministry of Culture and Information. Its presentation was held at the Constitutional Court with the participation of representatives of specialized educational institutions, libraries of Kazakhstan in Astana, as well as the diplomatic corps and government agencies (https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ksrk/press/news/details/787201?lang=en).

At the end of the meeting with the AIFC authorities, the sides reached an agreement on joint guest lectures for employees of the Constitutional Court’s Apparatus and other interested bodies on business and human rights issues, what ensure human rights in arbitration proceedings.