"Seminars on clarification of legislation on the organization and conduct of peaceful assemblies"

The Ministry of Information and Public Development together with the Chamber of Young Lawyers PA and the Republican Public Association “Kazakhstan Union of Lawyers” within the framework of a grant from the NJSC “Center for Support of Civil Initiatives” are implementing the project “Seminars on clarification of legislation on organizing and conducting peaceful assemblies”.

The project is aimed at increasing the legal culture and legal literacy of the population in the field of exercising their freedoms through peaceful rallies.

On September 30, events have already started to clarify the law in the format of seminars for government officials, law enforcement officials, as well as webinars for representatives of NGOs and the media. All trainers are professional lawyers who have extensive experience in advising and clarifying the legislation of Kazakhstan.

A total of 51 seminars are planned in 14 regional centers and in the cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent.

Medetov Sultankhan, trainer explaining the law on peaceful assemblies in Mangystau region: “It is very important to convey to citizens the latest legal information about peaceful assemblies, and to explain what the advantages of the new law are. And there are really a lot of them. "

Yeraliev Yerzhanbek, participant of the seminar in Nur-Sultan: “Such explanations for all laws should be given. For example, I would not have found out about notifications, specialized places, distinctive forms of the organizer, thanks to the coach, he explained everything very competently. "

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The Law on Peaceful Assemblies is one of the first bills developed within the framework of the initiatives of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.K. Tokayev.

Let us recall that before that, the law regulating the organization and conduct of peaceful assemblies was adopted more than 25 years ago. This is not just about changes to the current law, but about a conceptually new law that regulates the organization and conduct of all forms of peaceful assembly. The relevance and timeliness of the development of this law was noted by domestic and international experts.

Within the framework of the instructions of the Head of State K.K. Tokayev on the implementation of the concept of "Hearing State", about 20 hearings were held in 9 cities of Kazakhstan with the involvement of the general public, representatives of civil society and the media. Based on the results of public discussion and consultations with civil society institutions, a number of amendments were made to the draft law. The discussion process was widely covered in the media.