In cooperation with Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, IRZ organised an online seminar on "Preventing and Combating Corruption" on 10 December 2021. IRZ was able to win the following experts for the event:
Dr. Frank Böhme, Desk Officer at the Federal Chancellery, Division 131 "Affairs of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Legal Office, IFG Coordination" as well as
Prof. Dr. jur. Bijan Nowrousian, Professor of Criminal Law and Administrative Offences Law at the Institute of the Police and Public Administration of North Rhine Westphalia HSPV NRW in Münster.
At the beginning of the event, Sagynysh Ayaganova, Ph. D., from the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan summarised the current situation of anti-corruption and corruption risk assessment in Kazakhstan.
Afterwards, the German experts addressed the following topics in their contributions:
legal framework of the repressive fight against corruption
causes of corruption
prevention of corruption
the role of public prosecutors and criminal law in the fight against corruption.
After the presentations, the participants had the opportunity to ask questions and exchange experiences. A total of about one hundred people were present. Among those represented from Kazakhstan were the Prosecutor General's Office, the regional prosecutor's offices, the Anti-Corruption Agency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Committee for National Security, the Ministry for Disaster Management and the Financial Supervision Agency.
IRZ plans to continue advising on the fight against corruption in the Republic of Kazakhstan next year.
In cooperation with Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, IRZ organised an online seminar on "Preventing and Combating Corruption" on 10 December 2021. IRZ was able to win the following experts for the event:
Dr. Frank Böhme, Desk Officer at the Federal Chancellery, Division 131 "Affairs of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Legal Office, IFG Coordination" as well as
Prof. Dr. jur. Bijan Nowrousian, Professor of Criminal Law and Administrative Offences Law at the Institute of the Police and Public Administration of North Rhine Westphalia HSPV NRW in Münster.
At the beginning of the event, Sagynysh Ayaganova, Ph. D., from the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan summarised the current situation of anti-corruption and corruption risk assessment in Kazakhstan.
Afterwards, the German experts addressed the following topics in their contributions:
legal framework of the repressive fight against corruption
causes of corruption
prevention of corruption
the role of public prosecutors and criminal law in the fight against corruption.
After the presentations, the participants had the opportunity to ask questions and exchange experiences. A total of about one hundred people were present. Among those represented from Kazakhstan were the Prosecutor General's Office, the regional prosecutor's offices, the Anti-Corruption Agency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Committee for National Security, the Ministry for Disaster Management and the Financial Supervision Agency.
IRZ plans to continue advising on the fight against corruption in the Republic of Kazakhstan next year.
Kairat Mami, Chairman of the Constitutional Council (Photo: Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan
On 27 August 2021, to mark the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence and Constitution Day, the Constitutional Council of the Republic hosted an international symposium on “The Internet Era: The Rule of Law, the Values of Person and the State Independence”.
This very high-level online event, opened by Kairat Mami, Chairman of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, was attended by representatives of many international organisations, including:
OSCE
European Council
Venice Commission
International Association of Lawyers
German Agency for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH or GIZ)
Court of the Eurasian Economic Union
On behalf of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ), Managing Director Dr. Frauke Bachler delivered a welcome speech to the participants.
The symposium was divided into three different subject areas.
Digitisation and national sovereignty: complementary or mutually exclusive
Respect for human rights and freedoms on the internet: private life and freedom
The state and state power: responsibility towards society and people
Prof. Dr Andreas L. Paulus, a judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court, spoke on “The right to be forgotten in the case law of the German Federal Constitutional Court”.
Other presentations on current issues were given by presidents and judges of constitutional bodies from numerous countries.
The symposium was a complete success as an international exchange of experience on the protection of human rights in the age of digitisation.
