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The President has signed laws aimed at ensuring the protection of women's rights and the safety of children.

The President has signed laws aimed at ensuring the protection of women's rights and the safety of children.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on ensuring women's rights and child safety" and "On Amendments and Additions to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Kazakhstan on ensuring women's Rights and child safety".

Recall that the relevant instructions to toughen penalties for violence against women and children were announced by the Head of State in the messages to the people of Kazakhstan dated March 16, 2022 and September 1, 2023.

The adopted amendments were widely discussed with the public. Representatives of non-governmental organizations, the National Kurultai under the President, the National Commission on Women's Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the President, the National Center for Human Rights and the Commissioner for Children's Rights took part in the meetings of the Chambers of Parliament.

Here is what is introduced in the new laws:

✔️ intentional infliction of minor harm to health and beatings are criminalized. The responsibility for intentional infliction of moderate and serious harm to health has been tightened;

✔️New principles of marriage and family legislation are envisaged, based on strengthening the institution of marriage and family, fatherhood, motherhood and childhood, as well as the principle of ensuring the moral and spiritual education of children in the spirit of respect for universal, national, traditional, cultural and family values;

✔️The legal basis for the functioning of the contact center on family issues, protection of the rights of women and children has been created, which will be a legal entity determined by the authorized body in the field of informatization. At the same time, the duty of state bodies has been introduced not only to interact on family issues, protection of the rights of women and children, but also to provide the contact center with information on the measures taken following the consideration of citizens' appeals;

✔️The issues of creation and functioning of family support centers for the provision of special social services to victims of domestic violence are legally fixed;

✔️Criminal liability has been introduced for inducement and assistance in committing suicide, as well as for propaganda of suicide;

✔️Criminal liability has been introduced for sexual harassment of persons under the age of 16. Penalties for kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment of a minor have been significantly tightened;

✔️For the first time, administrative responsibility for bullying (bullying, cyberbullying) of a minor has been introduced;

✔️The obligation of educational organizations to immediately inform law enforcement agencies about the commission of illegal acts by minors or against them has been established;

✔️In order to ensure the safety of children under the age of 16, a ban has been imposed on their forced disembarkation from public transport in the absence of payment for travel.

The texts of the laws are published in the press.



Source: t.me
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