Interaction of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the norms of the International Bill of Human Rights

DOI: 10.32523/3079-7888-2025-13-1-17-32

Abstract

The article examines the development of interaction between the norms of international law in the field of human rights and the constitutional legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan since gaining sovereignty. It examines some aspects of the relationship between the "Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Kazakh SSR" of October 25, 1990, the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On State Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" adopted by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 16, 1991, as well as the norms of two Constitutions of the country (1993, 1995) with the norms of the International Bill of Human Rights, analyzes the powers of state bodies of Kazakhstan in the sphere of ensuring and protecting constitutional values ​​in the formation of current law, including when concluding international treaties.

An analysis of the powers of state bodies in the sphere of implementing constitutional provisions on human rights allows us to conclude that the state occupies a key, central position in the matter of forming, ensuring and protecting human rights. The real provision and protection of the volume of human rights and freedoms contained in the International Bill of Human Rights, all constituent documents of which have been recognized by Kazakhstan, largely depends on the will of the country's leadership, the coordinated work of each specific state body and responsible person