STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF JUVENILE COURTS SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

This article makes the analysis of development of juvenile courts system of the Republic of Kazakhstan as basic link of juvenile justice. Also it investigates influence of international public organizations on formation of the modern mechanism of protection of the children’srights. The purpose of this work is the analysis of realization in Kazakhstan of the undertaken international obligations in administration of justice to minors. And also the analysis of problems of development of juvenile justice of Kazakhstan through a prism of a research of historical and legal content of formation of juvenile justice in Kazakhstan. When writing this work both general-theoretical, and specifically scientific methods of knowledge, namely dialectic, comparative and legal, historical, formal and dogmatic (special and legal), concrete and legal and logical methods have been applied. The scientific and practical importance of a research consists in the received results and conclusions. The increased scientific interest in a problem of juvenile justice is connected with the continuing reforms in this field, in particular with domestic and international initiatives in improvement of a legal mechanism of protection of the minors’ rights at their interaction with law enforcement agencies. As a result, article makes conclusion on existence of a big complex of problems in the organization of juvenile justice system, which is still far from perfect despite the huge volume of the work which has been carried out in this sphere. Article makes the analysis of the main stages of creation and development of juvenile courts system in Kazakhstan and also defines those tasks which the state and human rights organizations still face. The practical value of article consists in a possibility of use of the received results in improvement of the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the rights of the child and also in law-enforcement activity at involvement of the minor to legal responsibility.
Key words: minors, juvenile justice, Beijing rules.