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Kazakhstan: Integrity Indicators Scorecard

Kazakhstan: Integrity Scorecard Report > Sub-Category: Law Enforcement
Indicators		Score
83	Is the law enforcement agency (i.e. the police) effective?	75
84	Can law enforcement officials be held accountable for their actions?	96

Indicator and sub-Indicator Details

Is the law enforcement agency (i.e. the police) effective?

83a: In practice, appointments to the law enforcement agency (or agencies) are made according to professional criteria.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Alibekov Saylau, professor, Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, July, 20, 2008, Almaty

Kozyreva Evgeniya, president of the Feminist League, Aug. 4, 2008, Almaty, Kazakhstan

83b: In practice, the law enforcement agency (or agencies) has a budget sufficient to carry out its mandate.

Score:

100

$Scoring Criteria :: 100 Score Criteria: The agency (or agencies) has a budget sufficient to fulfill its basic mandate. <p>50 Score Criteria: The agency (or agencies) has limited budget, generally considered somewhat insufficient to fulfill its basic mandate. <p>0 Score Criteria: The agency (or agencies) has no budget or an obviously insufficient budget that hinders the agency\'s ability to fulfill its mandate.$

Comments:

References: Alibekov Saylau, professor, Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, July, 20, 2008, Almaty

Kozyreva Evgeniya, president of the Feminist League, Aug. 4, 2008, Almaty, Kazakhstan

83c: In practice, the law enforcement agency is protected from political interference.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Alibekov Saylau, professor, Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, July, 20, 2008, Almaty

Kozyreva Evgeniya, president of the Feminist League, Aug. 4, 2008, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Can law enforcement officials be held accountable for their actions?

84a: In law, there is an independent mechanism for citizens to complain about police action.

Score:

YES

Comments: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan (MIAK) has created a public council to control police activity. The councils work will be directed toward increasing bodies of internal affairs effectiveness.

References: Astana, May 4, 2007, Kazakhstan Today

84b: In practice, the independent law enforcement complaint reporting mechanism responds to citizen's complaints within a reasonable time period.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Alibekov Saylau, professor, Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, July, 20, 2008, Almaty

Kozyreva Evgeniya, president of the Feminist League, Aug. 4, 2008, Almaty, Kazakhstan

84c: In law, there is an agency/entity to investigate and prosecute corruption committed by law enforcement officials.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on fighting against corruption, July, 2, 1998, #267-I (with changes and additions in accordance with the state on July 27, 2007), Article 6. Bodies, carring out the strugle with corruption

Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, April 21, 2005 #1557: Questions of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Struggle with Economic and Corruption Criminality (of the financial police)

Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Dec. 26, 1995, Article 17-1, Item 2, Sub-item 1: About the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

84d: In practice, when necessary, the agency/entity independently initiates investigations into allegations of corruption by law enforcement officials.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Alibekov Saylau, professor, Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, July, 20, 2008, Almaty

Kozyreva Evgeniya, president of the Feminist League, Aug. 4, 2008, Almaty, Kazakhstan

84e: In law, law enforcement officials are not immune from criminal proceedings.

Score:

YES

Comments: Law regulates the possibility of making law-enforcement officials immune from criminal proceedings.

References: Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on law-enforcement bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Dec. 21, 1995, #2707 (with alterations and additions in accordance with the state on July 7, 2007) r

84f: In practice, law enforcement officials are not immune from criminal proceedings.

Score:

100

Comments:

References: Alibekov Saylau, professor, Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, July, 20, 2008, Almaty

Kozyreva Evgeniya, president of the Feminist League, Aug. 4, 2008, Almaty, Kazakhstan