The delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the 121st plenary session of the Venice Commission

On December 6-7, the delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, composed of the Chairman of the High Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, T. Donakov, Member of the Commission of the Council of Europe for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) - Deputy Executive Director of the Fund of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy I. Rogov, Chief of Staff of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan - B. Nurmukhanov took part in the 121st plenary session of the Venice Commission.

The Chairman of the High Judicial Council informed the members of the Venice Commission about the results of the work on the implementation of the recommendations of the Venice Commission submitted in December 2018 to the Concept of the draft law on the transformation of the activities of the High Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the system for selecting, training and promoting judges.

During the session, I. Rogov presented the book “Kazakhstan and the Venice Commission: for democracy through law” published by the Constitutional Council and the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Elbasy. In book authors summarized the results of cooperation between Kazakhstan and the Venice Commission in the implementation of the principles of the rule of law.

B. Nurmukhanov informed the participants of the session about the activities of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the light of preparations for celebrating next year the 25th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Venice Commission positively assessed the measures taken by Kazakhstan to comply with the rule of law, constitutional development, and the modernization of the judiciary selection system.

Since 2012, Kazakhstan has been a member of the Venice Commission and has been constructively cooperating with it. At the request of the Kazakh side, the Commission has repeatedly provided expert advice on reforming and improving the legal institutions of our country.