Kazakhstan participates in the 140th Plenary session of the Venice Commission

Today, the 140th Plenary session of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe has begun, which brings together presidents and judges of constitutional courts, ministries of justice, prominent jurists, and academics specializing in constitutional law and control, as well as in the field of standard-setting from 66 countries.

The Republic of Kazakhstan was represented by the Chairperson of the Constitutional Court Elvira Azimova and Minister of Justice Azamat Eskaraev.

The Agenda of the Plenary session includes a discussion of national draft laws and laws submitted by the Ministries of Justice of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Poland on strengthening the judiciary and ensuring transparency of the system of selection of judges and responsibility of judges, improvement of criminal justice, including collection of evidence and digital technologies in pre-trial investigation and court proceedings in criminal cases, strengthening the status of the Prosecutor's office as a body for supervision over the observance of the rule of law, activities of non-profit organizations, introduction of new technologies in the judiciary, and the implementation of the draft laws and laws in the field of the judiciary.

These draft laws and laws were submitted to the Venice Commission for an independent legal opinion. Based on the results of the review, the Venice Commission experts made several recommendations to improve the draft laws and existing regulations at the level of laws aimed at implementing universal standards in the area of the rule of law and the protection of human rights.