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
- MARCH 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way...
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way criminal law is developing in Kazakhstan makes it possible to speculate that the republic may be getting ready to abolish the death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kazakh International Human Rights Bureau believes...
The Kazakh International Human Rights Bureau believes that 400 people have been executed in the republic over the last 9 years
- JANUARY 1, 2001KazakhstanDEATH 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, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, genocide,...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, genocide, sabotage, and 8 military crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakhstan does not disclose official statistics on...
Kazakhstan does not disclose official statistics on the use of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 18, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
An army sergeant was sentenced to die by firing squad...
An army sergeant was sentenced to die by firing squad after being convicted of murder by a military court in the southern Kazakh Zhambyl region
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people...
Kazakh Commercial TV reported that a total of 17 people had been executed so far in the year 2000
- JULY 11, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A man who killed two children, aged four and seven,...
A man who killed two children, aged four and seven, their father and a relative of the family was sentenced to death in Almaty
- JULY 4, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of the "Kenzhebekov gang" were sentenced...
Five members of the "Kenzhebekov gang" were sentenced to death by the Astana city court
- JUNE 16, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Aralbek Sherbotayev, 24, was sentenced to death by...
Aralbek Sherbotayev, 24, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Shymkent
- JANUARY 11, 2000KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kurds of Kazakhstan called on the international...
The Kurds of Kazakhstan called on the international community to come to the defence of the leader of the Kurdish liberation movement, Abdullah Ocalan