The annual meeting of the Coordination Council of the Prosecutors General of the CIS countries was held in Kazakhstan (Nur-Sultan, September 23, 2021)
Today, Nur-Sultan hosted the 31st Meeting of the Coordination Council of Prosecutors General of the CIS Member States (hereinafter - CCPG CIS, Coordination Council, Council).
The delegations of the supreme oversight agencies were headed by Kamran Aliyev, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan, by Artur Davtyan, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, by Andrei Shved, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus, by Gizat Nurdauletov, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan, by Kurmankul Zulushev, the Prosecutor General of the Kyrgyz Republic, by Alexander Stoianoglo, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Moldova, by Igor Krasnov, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, by Yusuf Rahmonla, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Tajikistan, by Nigmatilla Yuldashev, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as by Cheol-Kyu Hwang the President of the International Association of Prosecutors, Yan Gertsovsky, acting Executive Secretary of the CCPG CIS; and Igor Malashevich, a representative of the CIS Executive Committee.
As a tradition, Igor Krasnov, the Chairman of the Coordination Council, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, opened the event. He highlighted the unity of the tasks the prosecutor’s office is facing and the importance of consolidating efforts in the fight against crime and also expressed gratitude to the Kazakhstani side for organizing the forum.
The State Secretary of the country, Krymbek Kusherbayev, made a welcoming speech on behalf of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who stated the importance of this platform in strengthening international partnership and ensuring the rule of law in the region.
Cheol-Kyu Hwang, the President of the International Association of Prosecutors and Igor Malashevich, the representative of the CIS Executive Committee, spoke about the role and potential of this institute in achieving common goals.
In his opening speech Gizat Nurdauletov, the moderator of the meeting, the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, focused on the contribution of the prosecution authorities of the CIS countries in establishing the rule of law and, also, drew attention to the relevance of the issues under consideration, taking into account modern challenges and threats.
“Terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, transnational and cybercrime, human trafficking - these are the current realities that require uniting our efforts. Therefore, we need to keep up with the time and introduce new approaches and innovative work methods into the law enforcement field,” he declared.
In this context, the participants exchanged information on progressive supervision practices in key activity areas.
In particular, Kamran Aliyev, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan, spoke about the experience of working in non-criminal proceedings.
Artur Davtyan, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, shared with the Council members the practice of protecting and using information constituting bank secrecy.
Andrei Shved, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus, presented the draft national strategy for combating corruption.
The participants listened with great interest to the report of Yerlik Kenenbayev, the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on the experience of switching to a three-tier model of the criminal process and the approval of all key decisions of the pre-trial investigation bodies by the prosecutors in the electronic format.
Kurmankul Zulushev, the Prosecutor General of the Kyrgyz Republic, shared the peculiarities of IT technologies implementation and digitalization of the criminal process.
The head of the supervisory authority of Moldova spoke about the discretionary powers of the prosecutor. According to Alexander Stoianoglo, this contributes to the decriminalization of society and significantly reduces the burden on the courts.
Igor Krasnov, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, shared his experience in ensuring environmental safety and protecting the rights of citizens to a healthy environment.
Yusuf Rahmon, the Prosecutor General of Tajikistan, spoke about measures to counter international terrorist organizations.
Nigmatilla Yuldashev spoke about the success of integrating information and communication technologies into the prosecutor office’s practices of Uzbekistan.
The participants agreed unanimously on the need to build up the partnership of law enforcement agencies of the CIS Member States in the fight against crime and violations of the law, protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens.
Following the discussion, the heads of the General Prosecutor Offices signed the decisions of the Coordination Council defining the priority tasks for further cooperation and exchange of best practices in the main areas of prosecutorial supervision and, also, approved a special Program of Cooperation of the CIS Member States in strengthening border security at external borders for 2021-2025.
During the meeting, Igor Krasnov, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, was re-elected by the forum participants as the Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Prosecutors General of the CIS Member States.
The Republic of Belarus was selected to hold the 32nd meeting of the CCPG CIS in 2022.
After signing the final decisions, the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan held bilateral meetings with foreign colleagues, discussed international cooperation issues, and expanded the legal framework.
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