About the international conference on effective criminal policy and optimal model of criminal proceedings (March 17-18, 2017)

Almaty region hosts an international conference on "Effective criminal policy and optimal model of criminal justice – a priority direction for the development of modern law enforcement system".

The event is co-organized by the Prosecutor General's office, the Supreme court, the constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the OSCE Office in Astana, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, the German Foundation for international legal cooperation "IRZ".

The conference was attended By Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Talgat Donakov, Chairman of the constitutional Council Igor Rogov, members of Parliament, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlikkenenbayev, representatives of state bodies, international, non-governmental and public organizations.

The main topics on the agenda were issues of justice and their role in ensuring the protection of human rights and freedoms, registration of information about criminal offenses in the field of Economics and the forms of their investigation, theory and practice of pre-trial proceedings, as well as new approaches to determining the criteria for classifying criminal offenses and crimes.

In the context of the updated criminal procedure legislation, new legal and procedural institutions have been successfully established. This made it possible to significantly reduce the burden on investigative bodies and courts, and provide guarantees for the protection of the rights and interests of participants in the process.

During the event, there were extensive discussions and exchange of views on the main novelties of pre-trial proceedings, issues of law enforcement practice in the framework of the new criminal procedure code. The participants of the conference noted the importance of the reforms carried out, as well as a number of proposals aimed at further improving the criminal process.

The joint discussion of procedural innovations allowed us to analyze the results of law enforcement practice, determine the main directions for further improvement of procedural legislation, optimize pre-trial proceedings and strengthen its human rights potential.

Press service of the Prosecutor General's office of the Republic of Kazakhstan