KAZAKHSTAN TREND from Totalitarianism to Democratic and Legal State
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Astana, 2015 ББК 63.3(5Ка)я6 С 82 Kazakhstan trend: from Totalitarianism to Democratic and Legal State (View from the Outside) / Collection of articles. Executive editor and author of the introduction Doctor of Law, professor, Honored worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan I.I. Rogov, Astana, 2015. – 234 p. ISBN 9965-27-571-8 ББК 63.3(5Ка)я6 Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, drafted on the initiative and under the direct supervision of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Leader of the Nation N.A. Nazarbayev, adopted on the nationwide referendum on 30 August 1995, has become a stable political and legal foundation of the state and society, dialectical combination of the best achievements of the world constitutional idea with Kazakhstan values, of the formation of unified constitutional and legal policy and practice, of gradual assertion of real constitutionalism. This publication includes articles, reflecting the opinions of foreign experts on the significance of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the deep and comprehensive reformation of Kazakhstan, its transformation into a modern, strong, successful and prosperous state. The collection also includes analytical comparative materials on the experience of Kazakhstani law and state institutions in comparison with similar branches and institutions of other countries. Among the authors are the representatives of authoritative international organizations, famous politicians, heads of state agencies, world-known scientists from various fields of human knowledge. Publication is interesting and useful for politicians, legislators and law enforcers, academics and wide audience. ISBN 9965-27-571-8 © Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2015 CONTENT INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 8 I. PUBLIC FIGURES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Gianni BUQUICCHIO – President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission) ........................................................................................ 10 Gagik HARUTYUNYAN – Member of the Bureau of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission), Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of the Conference of Constitutional Control Organs of the Countries of New Democracy, Doctor of Law, professor AXIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL CONSTITUTIONALISM IN KAZAKHSTAN .........................12 Tony BLAIR – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997- 2007) RULE OF LAw – AT THE HEART OF KAZAKHSTAN’S AMBITIONS ................................................................16 Jacques ATTALI – expert of the Expert Advisory Board under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the draft of the new Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1995), ex-advisor of the State Council of France, Professor of Economics THE TWO PILLARS FOR A VIBRANT FUTURE OF KAZAKHSTAN ................................................................. 18 Yury SOLOZOBOV – Director of International Programs of the Institute of National Strategy of the Russian Federation, political analyst WAY OF KAZAKHSTAN: FROM THE SOVIET TOTALITARIANISM TO DEMOCRATIC AND LEGAL STATE ................................................................................................. 20 Evgeni TANCHEV – Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission), Head of the Chair of Constitutional Law Sofia and New Bulgarian University School of Law, President of Constitutional Court of Bulgaria (2009 - 2012) SOVEREIGNTY AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE WITHIN MULTILEVEL STATE AND NON STATE UNIONS ...................... 25 Taliya KHABRIEVA – Member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission), Director of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Law, professor CONSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN ................................... 38 Aslan ABASHIDZE – Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Chairman of the International Law Commission of the United Nations Association of Russia, Head of the International Law Institute of the Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, Doctor of Law, professor CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THE STATE IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION ................................................................. 45 3 Alexei AVTONOMOV – Member of UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (its Chairman in 2012-2014), personal envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office on the struggle with racism, xenophobia and discrimination, chief editor of the Journal «The State and the Law», Se- nior Researcher of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Law, professor CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF LEGAL POLICY IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN (TO THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN) ............................. 51 George KROL – Ambassador of the United States of America to Kazakhstan ........................................ 55 Natalia ZARUDNA – Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana COOPERATION OF THE OSCE AND KAZAKHSTAN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISMS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROL AND LEGAL REFORMS PERFORMANCE ................................ 57 Riccardo MIGLIORI – Honored Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly .................................... 61 Gunars KUTRIS – Substitute member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission), Deputy Secretary of the Presidium of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia (2007-2014) THE ROLE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW ............................................................................................ 62 Margaret SKOK – Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Carleton University, the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Canada’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, with concur- rent accreditation to the Kyrgyz Republic and to the Republic of Tajikistan (2006-2009) KAZAKHSTAN – A VISION: MOSTLY UNINTERRUPTED COMMENTS BY MARGARET SKOK ..................................66 Petko GANCHEV – Chairman of the Geopolitical center Eurasia- Sofia, the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Belarus (2005 - 2009), Doctor of Philosophy and Political Science, professor ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN ................................................................... 68 Andrey TREBKOV – Chairman of the International Union of Lawyers .................................................. 70 Zakhari ZAKHARIEV – Chairman of the Federation of Friendship with the Peoples of Russia and the CIS, professor (Republic of Bulgaria) .................................................................................................. 73 II. LEADERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES Farhad ABDULLAYEV – Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Azerbaijan Republic, Doctor of Law KAZAKHSTAN YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW: FROM TOTALITARIANISM TO A LEGAL STATE .......................... 74 Tuigunaaly ABDRAIMOV – Chairman of the Central Commission on Elections and Referendums of the Kyrgyz Republic CONSTITUTION AND ELECTIONS OF KAZAKHSTAN THROUGH THE EYES OF KYRGYZ COLLEAGUES ...................... 83 Yurii BAULIN – Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Ukraine, Doctor of Law, professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROL IN UKRAINE AND THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: FORMATION AND ESTABLISHMENT .................................................................................................. 86 4 Lars BROCKER – President of the Constitutional Court and the Higher Administrative Court of the Rheinland-Pfalz (Federal Republic of Germany) CONSTITUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL SOCIETY: THE WAY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN ..................................................................................... 92 Valery ZORKIN – Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Law, professor THE ROLE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF POST-SOVIET STATES IN THE FORMATION OF NEW STATEHOOD AND UNIFICATION OF SOCIETY ............................................................................ 96 Hasim KILIC – President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey (2007-2015) CONSTITUTIONALISM IN KAZAKHSTAN IN THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION ............................ 99 Petr MIKLASHEVICH – Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus, Honored Lawyer of the Republic of Belarus SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION – FOUNDATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN ............................................................................. 107 Přemysl SOBOTKA – Vice-President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ................. 109 Alexandru TANASE – President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova VALUE OF CONSTITUTION