Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan

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The Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan is the highest constitutional review body in Kazakhstan, responsible for ensuring that laws and other normative acts comply with the country’s Constitution.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
state body of Kazakhstan ⓘ
aim protection of constitutional order in Kazakhstan ⓘ
protection of human and civil rights and freedoms through constitutional review ⓘ
appointmentBy Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan ⓘ
President of Kazakhstan ⓘ
Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan ⓘ
canBeSeizedBy Chairpersons of the Chambers of Parliament ⓘ
President of Kazakhstan ⓘ
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan ⓘ
at least one-fifth of the total number of deputies of Parliament ⓘ
composition Chairman and members of the Constitutional Council ⓘ
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
decisionIs binding on all state bodies, organizations and officials in Kazakhstan ⓘ
final and not subject to appeal ⓘ
ensures conformity of laws with the Constitution ⓘ
conformity of other normative legal acts with the Constitution ⓘ
supremacy of the Constitution in the legal system of Kazakhstan ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 1995 ⓘ
establishedInPeriod 1990s ⓘ
function decide on the constitutionality of elections and referendums in cases provided by law ⓘ
interpret provisions of the Constitution ⓘ
resolve disputes on the application of the Constitution ⓘ
review constitutionality of laws ⓘ
review constitutionality of other normative legal acts ⓘ
review draft constitutional amendments for compliance with the Constitution ⓘ
review laws adopted by Parliament before they are signed by the President ⓘ
governmentBranch constitutional control system ⓘ
judicial branch characteristics ⓘ
hasWebsite official website of the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody Chairman of the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Kazakhstan ⓘ
linked to: Kazakhstan
languageOfWork Kazakh ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalAuthority Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan ⓘ
legalStatus independent body within the system of state power ⓘ
locatedIn Astana ⓘ
locatedInCountry Kazakhstan ⓘ
oversees constitutionality of government regulations in cases provided by law ⓘ
constitutionality of parliamentary acts ⓘ
constitutionality of presidential decrees in cases provided by law ⓘ
partOf constitutional system of Kazakhstan ⓘ
predecessor Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan ⓘ
role highest constitutional review body in Kazakhstan ⓘ
subjectOf constitutional law of Kazakhstan ⓘ
typeOfLawBody specialized constitutional review organ ⓘ

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Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan → establishes → Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan ⓘ
Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan → predecessor → Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan
Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan → coordinatesWith → Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan ⓘ