On 20 October 2026, the National Academic Library in Astana hosted the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Human-Centredness as the Vector of Constitutional Reform in Kazakhstan”. The conference was organized by the Institute of Legislation and Legal Information of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with the International Association of Lawyers, with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana.
The discussion focused on practical mechanisms for ensuring human rights and freedoms, protecting human dignity and strengthening constitutional guarantees. Participants considered how the principle of “the State for the people” can be implemented in legislation, in law enforcement practice and in the interaction between state bodies and citizens.
The conference brought together representatives of state bodies, international organizations, the academic community and civil society. Representatives of relevant institutions of Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States, joined the conference online. In-person participants worked in a round-table format.
Welcoming remarks were delivered by Aidar Zharylganov, Vice Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Ambassador Alexey Rogov, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana; Yerlan Saparov, Deputy Head of the Office of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Artur Lastayev, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan; as well as heads of research and expert institutions from foreign countries.
Welcoming remarks were also delivered online by the First Deputy Director of the National Centre of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights, M.A. Tillabaev.
The presentations addressed the implementation of constitutional rights in criminal legislation, access to qualified legal assistance, personal inviolability, human dignity and social guarantees. Particular attention was paid to the protection of human rights in the digital age, the ethical challenges of digitalization, and social justice. Kazakh and international experts presented approaches to the development of constitutionalism and to ensuring human rights and freedoms.
At the close of the conference, participants discussed the presentations and exchanged views on improving legislation and on the practical protection of citizens’ rights.
Press Service of the National Center of the
Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights