1. The state language of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be the Kazakh language.
2. Russian language shall be officially used on equal grounds along with the Kazakh language in state institutions and local
self-administrative bodies.
3. The state shall promote conditions for the study and development of the languages of the people of Kazakhstan.

1. The Republic of Kazakhstan proclaims itself as a democratic, secular, legal and social state whose highest values are a
person, his life, rights, and freedoms.
2. The fundamental principles of the activity of the Republic are public concord and political stability; economic development
for the benefit of all the nation; Kazakhstani patriotism and resolution of the most critical issues of State affairs by democratic
methods including voting by national referendum or in Parliament.
Footnote: See resolution of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 18/2 dated December 21, 2001.

1. Everyone shall be equal before the law and court.
2. No one shall be subject to any discrimination for reasons of origin, social, property status, occupation, sex, race,
nationality, language, attitude towards religion, convictions, place of residence or any other circumstances.
Footnote: See resolution of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 2/2 dated March 10, 1999; No. 7/2 dated
March 29, 1999.

1. Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall have the right to protection of health.
2. Citizens of the Republic shall be entitled to free, guaranteed, extensive medical assistance established by law.
3. Paid medical treatment shall be provided by state and private medical institutions, as well as by people engaged in private
medical practice on terms and according to the terms and procedures stipulated by law.

1. Everyone shall have the right to personal freedom.
2. Arrest and detention shall be allowed only in cases stipulated by law and only with the authorization of the with the right
of appeal. Without the authorization of the court, a person shall be detained for a period of not more than seventy-two hours.
3. Every person detained, arrested and accused of committing a crime shall have the right to the assistance of a lawyer
(defender) from the moment of detention, arrest or accusation.
Footnote: See resolution of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 13 dated December 31, 2003;
Footnote: Article 16 as amended by the Law of Republic of Kazakhstan No. 254-III dated May 21, 2007 (shall be applied from the
date of its official publication).

1. The state shall aim to protect the environment in favour of human life and health.
2. Officials shall be held accountable for the concealment of facts and circumstances endangering the life and health of the
people in accordance with the law.

1. Everyone shall be equal before the law and court.
2. No one shall be subject to any discrimination for reasons of origin, social, property status, occupation, sex, race,
nationality, language, attitude towards religion, convictions, place of residence or any other circumstances.
Footnote: See resolution of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 2/2 dated March 10, 1999; No. 7/2 dated
March 29, 1999.

1. Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall have the right to participate in the government of the state’s affairs
directly and through their representatives, to address personally as well as to direct individual and collective appeals to public
and local self-administrative bodies.
2. Citizens of the Republic shall have the right to elect and be elected into public and local self-administration as well as
to participate in an all-nation referendum.
3. The right to elect and be elected, to participate in the all-nation referendum shall not extend to those citizens judged
incapable by a court as well as those held in places of confinement upon a court’s sentence.
4. Citizens of the Republic shall have an equal right to serve in public office. The requirements for candidates for public
offices shall be conditioned only by the character of the duties of the office and shall be established by law.
Footnote. Article 33 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 284-I dated October 7, 1998.

1. Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall have the right to freedom of forming associations. The activities of public
associations shall be regulated by law.
2. Chairmen and judges of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and other courts, chairmen and members of the Central
Electoral Commission, the Supreme Audit Chamber of the Republic, military personnel, employees of national security agencies, law
enforcement agencies should not be members of political parties, trade unions, support any political party.
Footnote: See resolution of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 13/2 dated July 5, 2000.
Footnote. Article 23 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 08.06.2022 (shall be enforced from 08.06.2022).

1. Freedom of speech and creative activities shall be guaranteed. Censorship shall be prohibited.
2. Everyone shall have the right to freely receive and disseminate information by any means not prohibited by law. The list of
items constituting state secrets of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be determined by law.
3. Propaganda or agitation for the forcible change of the constitutional system, violation of the integrity of the Republic,
undermining of state security, and advocating war, social, racial, national, religious, and clannish superiority as well as the cult
of cruelty and violence, shall not be allowed.