Dates and facts

History:

The department was created on the basis of the department of state law and Soviet construction, opened in 1975. In 1992 it was renamed the Department of Constitutional and International Law. Over the years, the department was headed by professional lawyers-scientists: Candidate of Law, Associate Professor Z.Ya. Bezgans (1972-1980), Candidate of Law, Associate Professor A.S. Matveenkov (1980-1984), Ph.D., associate professor V.N. Prokopenko (1984-1987), Candidate of Law, Associate Professor E.K. Kubeev (1987-1993), candidate of legal sciences, associate professor M.M. Kulybekov (1993-1996), candidate of legal sciences, associate professor S.K. Amandykova (1996-1999), senior teacher N.P. Starozhilova (1999-2000), Candidate of Law, Associate Professor L.S. Zhakaeva (2000-2002), Doctor of Law, Professor S.K. Amandykova (2002-2013), Candidate of Law, Associate Professor A. Bozhkarauly (2013-2019), PhD, Associate Professor G.U. Balgimbekova (2019-2020), PhD, associate professor M.N. Abylasimov (2020), since 2020, PhD, Associate Professor Botagarin R.B. holds the position of head of the department.

Teachers:

Today, the department employs 16 teachers with qualifications in the field of jurisprudence, international law, and customs law. The department includes candidates of sciences, PhD doctors, masters holders, and holders of the republican title "The best teacher of the university", practical workers.

Students:

Currently, 55 students are studying under the educational program 6B04203-«International Law».

Employment:

The employment rate of graduates is 75%.

Partners:

The Department, together with the Universities of Ferrara (Italy), Warsaw and Wroclaw (Poland), trains Doctors of Philosophy (PhD) under the program 8D04201 - Jurisprudence.

Every year, leading experts in the field of international and state law of Italy, Bulgaria, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, Poland and Uzbekistan give guest lectures for students and teachers of the Faculty of Law.

The Department cooperates with government agencies, the Republican Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, the Karaganda regional branch of the Red Crescent Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Academic mobility:

Students of the 6В04203 - International Law program are trained at the universities of Charles University (Czech Republic), and Vilnius University (Lithuania).

Projects:

The department carries out scientific research on budget programs:

2009-2011 – «Constitutional and theoretical and legal problems of improving the political system and form in the Republic of Kazakhstan, legal support of public service in the aspect of the development of global processes»;

2012-2014 – «Theoretical and international legal issues of ensuring the national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan»;

2015-2017 – «Constitutional and legal protection and ensuring the rights of the child in the formation and development of the juvenile system in Kazakhstan and in the modern world»; 2018-2019 - «Constitutional and legal problems of compliance with international electoral standards in national law»;

2022-2024 – «Citizenship and reduction of statelessness in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of the development of integration processes».

Graduates:

Today, many graduates of the Department hold positions in the Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Office of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, embassies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign countries, foreign law firms, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in administrative offices of all levels, judicial and other law enforcement agencies.