Last Change:
06/09/2025
The Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic
Year: 2021
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Asylum, Education, Freedom of movement, Health, Housing, land & property, Liberty & security of person, Nationality & facilitated naturalization, Social protection, Work & Workplace rights, Family life, Documentation
Description
The Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic accepted by referendum (national vote) on April 11, 2021.
The Constitution consists of 116 Articles divided into V Sections: Foundations of the constitutional order (I); Rights, freedoms and duties of individuals and citizens (II); Bodies of state power (III); Local government (IV); and Procedure for adopting, amending and complementing the Constitution (VI).
Selected provisions
1. Everyone has the right to housing.
2. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of housing.
3. State bodies and local governments encourage housing construction and create conditions for the implementation of the right to housing.
4. Low-income and other needy persons are provided with housing from state, municipal and other housing funds or in social institutions on the grounds and in the manner prescribed by law.
Everyone is obliged to pay taxes and fees in the cases and in the manner prescribed by law.
1. In the Kyrgyz Republic, foreign citizens and stateless persons have rights and obligations equal to those of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic, except in cases established by laws or international treaties that have entered into force in the manner prescribed by law, to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party.
1. The state shall ensure the rights and freedoms of citizens in the manner established by the Constitution and laws.
2. No laws shall be adopted in the Kyrgyz Republic that abolish or diminish human rights and freedoms.
3. Restrictions on the physical and moral integrity of the individual shall be permissible only on the basis of the law, by a court sentence as punishment for a crime committed.
4. No one shall be subjected to torture or other inhuman, cruel or degrading treatment or punishment.
5. Every person deprived of liberty shall have the right to humane treatment that does not degrade human dignity.
6. Medical, biological, and psychological experiments on people without their voluntary consent, expressed and certified in the proper manner, shall be prohibited.
1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person.
2. No one may be deprived of liberty solely on the grounds that he is unable to fulfill a civil obligation.
3. No one may be detained, taken into custody, or deprived of liberty except by a court decision and only on the grounds and in the manner established by law.
4. No one may be detained for a period exceeding 48 hours without a court decision.
Every detained person must be brought before a court immediately, before the expiration of 48 hours from the moment of detention, to decide on the legality and validity of his detention. If the grounds on which the person was detained no longer exist, he must be immediately released.
In certain cases, the law may establish shorter periods of detention.
5. Every detained person must be promptly informed of the reasons for the detention and his rights explained.
From the moment of detention, the person is provided with security, the opportunity to defend himself personally, to use qualified legal assistance of a lawyer, as well as the right to a medical examination and assistance of a doctor.
6. Every person detained or taken into custody in violation of the provisions of this article has the right to compensation for damages at the expense of the state, with payment of compensation in the manner and amount established by law.
In the event of knowingly illegal and unjustified detention and detention, officials bear criminal liability.
1. The Cabinet of Ministers:
1) ensures the implementation of the Constitution and laws;
2) implements the main directions of the domestic and foreign policy of the state;
3) implements measures to ensure the rule of law, the rights and freedoms of citizens, the protection of public order, and the fight against crime;
4) ensures the implementation of measures to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state, the protection of the constitutional system, as well as measures to strengthen defense capability, national security and law and order;
5) ensures the implementation of financial, pricing, tariff, investment and tax policies;
6) develops the republican budget and ensures its implementation;
7) implements measures to ensure equal conditions for the development of all forms of ownership and their protection, management of state-owned objects;
8) ensures the implementation of a unified state policy in the socio-economic and cultural spheres;
9) develops and implements national programs of economic, social, scientific and technological, spiritual and cultural development;
10) ensures the implementation of foreign economic activity;
11) ensures effective interaction with civil society;
12) exercises other powers assigned to its jurisdiction by the Constitution and laws.
2. The organization and procedure for the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers shall be determined by constitutional law.
1. The state cares about the welfare of the people and their social protection.
2. The Kyrgyz Republic provides support for socially vulnerable categories of citizens, labor protection and health.
3. The Kyrgyz Republic develops a system of social services, medical care, provides guarantees of state pensions, benefits and other guarantees of social protection.
1. Human rights and freedoms are inalienable and belong to everyone from birth. They are recognized as absolute, inalienable and protected by law and the court from encroachment by anyone.
Human rights and freedoms are among the highest values of the Kyrgyz Republic. They act directly, determine the meaning and content of the activities of all state bodies, local government bodies and their officials.
2. Human and citizen rights and freedoms may be limited by the Constitution and laws in order to protect national security, public order, protect the health and morals of the population, and protect the rights and freedoms of others. Such restrictions may also be introduced taking into account the specifics of military or other state service. The restrictions introduced must be proportionate to the stated goals.
3. It is prohibited to adopt by-laws that limit human and citizen rights and freedoms.
4. The law may not establish restrictions on human rights and freedoms for other purposes and to a greater extent than provided for by the Constitution.
5. Human rights and freedoms established by the Constitution are not subject to any restrictions.
6. Guarantees of prohibition established by the Constitution are not subject to any restrictions.
1. Slavery and human trafficking are not permitted in the Kyrgyz Republic.
2. Exploitation of child labor is prohibited.
3. Forced labor is prohibited, except in cases of war, elimination of consequences of natural disasters and other emergency situations, as well as in the execution of a court decision.
Involvement in military or alternative (non-military) service is not considered forced labor.
1. Everyone has the right to health protection and health insurance. The terms of health insurance are determined by law. 2. The state creates conditions for health care for everyone and takes measures to develop state, municipal, private and other health care organizations. The state creates the necessary conditions for employees of health care organizations and ensures their social protection. 3. Citizens have the right to free use of the network of state health care organizations. Medical care, including care on preferential terms, is carried out at the expense of the state in the amount of state guarantees provided by law. 4. Concealment by officials of facts and circumstances that pose a threat to the life and health of people entails liability established by law. 5. Paid health care for citizens is allowed on the grounds and in the manner established by law.