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
- JUNE 19, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A Kazakh citizen was sentenced to the death penalty...
A Kazakh citizen was sentenced to the death penalty for double homicide and attempted murder by an Aktyubinsk regional court in western Kazakhstan
- JUNE 19, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists are calling for the soonest...
Human rights activists are calling for the soonest introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty and a further abolition of it in Kazakhstan
- JUNE 13, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy head of the administration of Kazakh President...
The Deputy head of the administration of Kazakh President [Nursultan Nazarbayev] and the head of the state and legal department of the administration of the head of state, Igor Rogov, told an international conference in [the northern Kazakh capital] Almat
- APRIL 29, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev stressed the...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev stressed the need of a moratorium on capital punishment in Kazakhstan in his message to the nation, which he read in parliament,
- MARCH 29, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev called for a...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev called for a moratorium on the death penalty and its abolition in the future
- MARCH 16, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Sultan Sartayev, former chief of the Presidential Committee...
Sultan Sartayev, former chief of the Presidential Committee for Pardon of Condemned, said 90% of the population in Kazakhstan is against the abolishment of the death penalty
- JANUARY 31, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The upper house of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate,...
The upper house of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate, approved amendments to legislation on combating terrorism
- JANUARY 16, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Mazhilis voted in favour of amendments to the antiterrorism...
The Mazhilis voted in favour of amendments to the antiterrorism legislation to make any attempt on the life of the president punishable by the death penalty
- JANUARY 10, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kazakh government proposed stiffening punishment,...
The Kazakh government proposed stiffening punishment, right up to the death sentence, for attempts on the president's life, the Kazakhstan Today news agency reported
- JANUARY 3, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in eastern Kazakhstan passed the death sentence...
A court in eastern Kazakhstan passed the death sentence on two criminals who shot a man, his wife and their daughter, Kazakh television reported
- JANUARY 1, 2002KazakhstanDEATH 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, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, genocide,...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, genocide, sabotage, and 8 military crimes