Kazakhstan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic; authoritarian presidential government
- CONSTITUTION
- January 28, 1993, new constitution adopted by national referendum on August 30, 1995
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Islamic law and Roman law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court; Constitutional Council
RELIGIONS
47% Muslims, 44% Orthodox; Protestant and other minorities
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists in Kazakhstan stated that there...
Human rights activists in Kazakhstan stated that there exists in the republic an "extremely repressive penal policy, most parameters of which contradict international tendencies in this sphere"
- JANUARY 1, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakhstan does not disclose official statistics on...
Kazakhstan does not disclose official statistics on the use of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
In compliance with Article 15 of RK Constitution "Death...
In compliance with Article 15 of RK Constitution "Death punishment is set by the law as an exclusive punishment measure, the sentenced has a right to intercede for mercy
- JANUARY 1, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
According to the Kazakh International Bureau for Human...
According to the Kazakh International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, some 400 people have been executed over the past nine years
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kazakhstan's northern Kostanay Region sentenced...
A court in Kazakhstan's northern Kostanay Region sentenced a man to death for murder, the Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency reported
- OCTOBER 31, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The leader of one of the gangs operating in the town...
The leader of one of the gangs operating in the town of Arkalyk in Northern Kazakhstan was sentenced to death, Arkalyk's Prosecutor Munaitpas Kitamanov told a press conference
- OCTOBER 1, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Almaty sentenced to death by shooting two...
A court in Almaty sentenced to death by shooting two of the three men accused of cannibalism
- JULY 10, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported on Kazakh television that the country...
It was reported on Kazakh television that the country may lose the opportunity to join the European Community if it did not abolish the death penalty since both the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the OSCE had set this condition for ac
- JUNE 29, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Zhambyl Regional court sentenced to death Mikhail...
The Zhambyl Regional court sentenced to death Mikhail Vagner, 30, accused of being a rapist and serial killer
- JUNE 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in northern Kazakhstan has sentenced a 29-year-old...
A court in northern Kazakhstan has sentenced a 29-year-old man, Oleg Murayenko, to death by firing squad after finding him guilty of murdering six young women in Petropavlovsk between March and November 2000
- JUNE 25, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry proposed toughening the punishment...
The Justice Ministry proposed toughening the punishment for drug trafficking, the Chairman of the Ministry's Committee on Drugs Serikkali Mukanov said
- MAY 5, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Aleksandr Okoneshnikov, the leader of a criminal group,...
Aleksandr Okoneshnikov, the leader of a criminal group, was sentenced to death for robbing several currency exchange offices and for brutal killing the director of a poultry farm