Last Change:
06/08/2025
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
Конституция Кыргызской Республики введена в действие Законом Кыргызской Республики от 5 мая 2021 года
Selected provisions
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. Everyone is guaranteed judicial protection of his rights and freedoms provided for by the Constitution, laws, international treaties to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party, and generally recognized principles and norms of international law. 2. Everyone has the right to protect his rights and freedoms, as well as to ensure the restoration of violated rights by all available means not prohibited by law. 3. The state ensures the development of extra-judicial and pre-trial methods, forms and ways of protecting the rights and freedoms of man and citizen.
1. The Kyrgyz language is the state language in the Kyrgyz Republic. The procedure for using the state language is determined by constitutional law. 2. The Russian language is used as the state language in the Kyrgyz Republic. 3. Representatives of all nationalities that make up the people of the Kyrgyz Republic are guaranteed the right to create conditions for the preservation, study and development of their native language.
1. Everyone has the right to education. 2. Basic general education is compulsory. 3. Everyone has the right to receive free pre-school, basic general, secondary general and primary vocational education in state educational institutions. 4. The state creates conditions for teaching each citizen the state, official and one of the foreign languages, starting from pre-school educational institutions to secondary general education. 5. The state creates equal conditions for the development of state, municipal, private and other forms of educational institutions. 6. The state creates conditions for the development of physical education and sports. 7. The state promotes the improvement of the professional qualifications of citizens in the manner prescribed by law.