# Service brief

Problem → provision → status → source. Current as of: `2026-07-29`.

## Practical cards

### What Changed on July 1, 2026

- Practical cards: What Changed on July 1, 2026
- Constitutional frame: Since July 1, 2026, the Constitution has been in force. New wording on digital rights and enhanced protection upon detention (48 hours instead of 72) now apply. The right to submit appeals continues, while petitions follow a separate process under the Administrative Procedural Code.
- Reviewed status: In force since 1 July 2026
- Responsible level: This is an editorial working document, not legal advice. No responsible body is inferred when the primary source does not name one.
- Where to verify: https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000; https://www.gov.kz/uploads/2020/2/11/92594e9ba28352a961ca421505b4b79a_original.146163.pdf; https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ksrk/documents/details/395513?lang=ru

### What We Already Know About the 2026 Kurultai Elections

- Practical cards: What We Already Know About the 2026 Kurultai Elections
- Constitutional frame: On July 1, 2026, after the Constitution entered into force, the President signed the decree calling the first Kurultai elections. The Kurultai deputy elections are scheduled for August 23, 2026; it is already known that the Kurultai will be a unicameral body of 145 deputies elected by proportional representation.
- Reviewed status: No separate implementation status is listed in the registry.
- Responsible level: This is an editorial working document, not legal advice. No responsible body is inferred when the primary source does not name one.
- Where to verify: https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000; https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/U2600001338; https://www.election.gov.kz/rus/news/releases/index.php?ID=10190

### What Digital Rights Mean in the New Constitution

- Practical cards: What Digital Rights Mean in the New Constitution
- Constitutional frame: The 2026 Constitution expressly protects personal data and the secrecy of communications transmitted using digital technologies. The legal grounds for processing data, accessing communications, and restricting information remain defined by law; biometric data are regulated under personal-data legislation rather than named separately in the Constitution.
- Reviewed status: No separate implementation status is listed in the registry.
- Responsible level: This is an editorial working document, not legal advice. No responsible body is inferred when the primary source does not name one.
- Where to verify: https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000

### What Rights a Person Has Upon Detention

- Practical cards: What Rights a Person Has Upon Detention
- Constitutional frame: If detained, establish the reason and actual time, request a lawyer and retain the documents. The 48-hour limit operates together with procedural law; the type of proceeding and a person’s status may affect the next steps.
- Reviewed status: No separate implementation status is listed in the registry.
- Responsible level: This is an editorial working document, not legal advice. No responsible body is inferred when the primary source does not name one.
- Where to verify: https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000; https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ksrk/documents/details/395513?lang=ru

### Constitutional Court

- Practical cards: Constitutional Court
- Constitutional frame: The Constitutional Court is an independent body of constitutional review. A citizen may challenge a normative legal act that directly affects their constitutional rights, but the constitutional law sets admissibility conditions for that route.
- Reviewed status: No separate implementation status is listed in the registry.
- Responsible level: This is an editorial working document, not legal advice. No responsible body is inferred when the primary source does not name one.
- Where to verify: https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000; https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ksrk/documents/details/395513?lang=ru

### Key Changes in the New Constitution

- Practical cards: Key Changes in the New Constitution
- Constitutional frame: The new Constitution preserves the foundations of statehood but changes the architecture of power and strengthens citizens' rights. Key changes: transition to a unicameral parliament, introduction of the Vice President, expansion of digital rights, and strengthened mechanisms of popular oversight.
- Reviewed status: No separate implementation status is listed in the registry.
- Responsible level: This is an editorial working document, not legal advice. No responsible body is inferred when the primary source does not name one.
- Where to verify: https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/K2600000000; https://www.gov.kz/uploads/2020/2/11/92594e9ba28352a961ca421505b4b79a_original.146163.pdf

## Transition context

- 26 reviewed comparison items; 2 explicitly depend on a law or separate act.

- **28 January 1993** — First Constitution of independent Kazakhstan (Confirmed) — https://constitution.my/timeline?lang=en#event-constitution-1993
- **30 August 1995** — 1995 Constitution adopted (Confirmed) — https://constitution.my/timeline?lang=en#event-constitution-1995
- **21 May 2007** — Constitutional reform (Confirmed) — https://constitution.my/timeline?lang=en#event-reform-2007
- **10 March 2017** — Redistribution of powers (Confirmed) — https://constitution.my/timeline?lang=en#event-reform-2017
- **5 June 2022** — Referendum on constitutional amendments (Confirmed) — https://constitution.my/timeline?lang=en#event-referendum-2022
- **8 October 2025** — Working group established (Confirmed) — https://constitution.my/timeline?lang=en#event-drafting-working-group-2025

## Trust boundary

- This is an editorial working document, not legal advice. No responsible body is inferred when the primary source does not name one.
- https://constitution.my/tools?lang=en