Article 1. Legal status of public councils of the Law on Public Councils
1. Public councils are advisory and supervisory bodies formed by ministries, bodies directly subordinate and accountable to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, local government bodies, and entities of the quasi‑public sector on issues within their competence, with the exception of the state bodies specified in Part Two of this clause, together with non‑profit organizations and citizens.
Public councils are not formed with the participation of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the prosecutor’s offices, the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Government Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Department of Material and Technical Support, the National Center for Human Rights of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Supreme Audit Chamber of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the authorized body for the regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations, and special state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. Advisory and consultative bodies, as well as supervisory bodies under state bodies, formed in a manner other than that provided for by this Law, and non‑profit organizations cannot be named “public council” and cannot fully exercise the powers established by this Law.
3. Public councils are formed in accordance with the procedure provided for by this Law, except in cases provided for by this Law.
4. Public councils are established at two levels – national and local. Public councils are autonomous and independent. Interaction between public councils is carried out in accordance with the procedure provided for in this Law.
5. The republican level of public councils includes public councils formed by ministries and bodies directly subordinate and accountable to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with the exception of state bodies specified in part two of clause 1 of this article, as well as entities of the quasi‑public sector together with non‑profit organizations and citizens.
6. Local‑level public councils include the public councils of the relevant administrative‑territorial unit. At the same time, the functions of the Public Council at the level of a village, settlement, rural district, or district‑level city are assigned to the local community assembly.
7. The number of representatives of civil society in the public council must be:
1) at the republican level – at least two‑thirds of the total number of its members;
2) at the local level – no less than two‑thirds of the total number of its members, of whom no less than one‑quarter must be representatives of ethnocultural associations.
8. The recommendations of public councils are mandatory for consideration by state bodies and entities of the quasi‑public sector, which make decisions in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and provide reasoned responses.
9. Responsibility for socio‑economic development and the state of affairs in the relevant region, industry, or field of activity cannot be assigned to the Public Council and remains with state bodies and entities of the quasi‑public sector.
10. In order to ensure the achievement of the goals and objectives provided for in this Law, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan and his representatives in the capital, regions, and cities of republican significance, or employees of the National Center for Human Rights, may take part in meetings of public councils within the scope of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan’s competence.
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 2, 2015, No. 383-V ZRK.
This Law defines the legal status, the procedure for the formation, and the organization of the activities of public councils aimed at implementing the state policy to build a state accountable to the population, ensuring broad participation of non‑profit organizations and citizens in decision‑making by state bodies at all levels, as well as by national management holdings, national holdings, and national companies (hereinafter referred to as subjects of the quasi‑public sector).
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