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
- JULY 10, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The introduction of life prison sentences in Kazakhstan...
The introduction of life prison sentences in Kazakhstan for those who commit grave crimes would facilitate the full abolition of the death penalty in the country, Kazakh Justice Minister Onalsyn Zhumabekov said
- JUNE 23, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
"Kazakhstan will definitely have life sentences
"Kazakhstan will definitely have life sentences
- APRIL 11, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
International human rights organisations welcomed Kazakh...
International human rights organisations welcomed Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's initiatives aimed at making criminal law more humane and introducing life imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty
- APRIL 5, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Pyotr Posmakov, head of the penalty execution department...
Pyotr Posmakov, head of the penalty execution department of the Justice Ministry called for the abolition of the death penalty in Kazakhstan in a newspaper interview printed in the Kazakh weekly Karavan
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
An Azerbaijani national was sentenced to death in Kazakhstan...
An Azerbaijani national was sentenced to death in Kazakhstan for murdering five people
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakhstan will declare a moratorium on capital punishment...
Kazakhstan will declare a moratorium on capital punishment as early as by the end of 2003, the speaker of the Senate, Oralbay Abdykarimov, said during a meeting with Baroness Vivien Stern, the honorary secretary-general Penal Reform International and a me
- JANUARY 13, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Eighteen people were sentenced to death in Kazakhstan...
Eighteen people were sentenced to death in Kazakhstan in 2002
- JANUARY 7, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
According to a public opinion poll conducted by "Komkon-2...
According to a public opinion poll conducted by "Komkon-2 Eurasia", 57,6% of persons polled support the preservation of the death penalty, 40,8% want its abolishment, 1,6 % had no opinion on the matter
- JANUARY 6, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
In accordance with the country's new criminal code...
In accordance with the country's new criminal code it was planned to introduce a moratorium on capital punishment in Kazakhstan as of January 2003
- JANUARY 1, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, genocide,...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, genocide, sabotage, and 8 military crimes
- DECEMBER 27, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A law was put into place on December 27, 2002, abolishing...
A law was put into place on December 27, 2002, abolishing the death penalty for minors, women and men over the age of 65
- DECEMBER 27, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
"Kazakhstan will not have the opportunity to impose...
"Kazakhstan will not have the opportunity to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in the near future," Igor Rogov, deputy presidential chief-of-staff for judicial issues, said at a news conference in Astana