The constitutional basics of a legal status of the individual and the citizen in the Republic of Kazakhstan Section II. The Individual and Citizen Made by: Gazez Zhanibek Kuandykov Baurzhan

Introduction Human rights and freedoms in the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be recognized and guaranteed in accordance with this Constitution. Human rights and freedoms shall belong to everyone by virtue of birth, be recognized as absolute and inalienable, and define the contents and implementation of laws and other regulatory legal acts. Every citizen of the Republic shall have rights and bear responsibilities owing to his citizenship. So, the principle works - each citizen is a individual, but not each individual is a citizen. Thereby, the rights and duties of the individual not the same as the rights and duties of the citizen.

Personal rights and freedoms The group of the social-and-economic rights The circle of the political rights and freedom It is possible to divide the constitutional rights and duties on:

Personal rights and freedoms do not depend on citizenship. It is the rights and freedoms connected with life, advantage and other absolute laws of the person. Personal rights are the rights that a person has over their own body. This right include the next articles of Constitution of Kazakhstan: the right to life (Art. 15), the right to personal freedom (Art. 16) the right to freely move (Art. 21), the right to inviolability of dignity of the person (Art. 17), the right to inviolability of private human life (Art. 18), the right to recognition of its right subjectivity and right of defense of the rights and freedoms (Art. 13), the right to qualified legal assistance (Art. 13).

The group of the social-and-economic rights defines a legal status of the individual as member of civil society. The group of the social-and-economic rights are include the next articles of Constitution of Kazakhstan: the right to property (ст.ст.26 item 6), the freedom of labor (Art. 24), the right to rest (the Art. 24p. 4) the right to social protection (Art. 28 of item 1), the right to education and care of children (Art. 27), the right to health protection (Art. 29), the right to education (Art. 30).

The circle of the political rights and freedoms defines a legal status of the citizen in system of the public relations. So these rights belong only to citizens of RK The circle of the political rights and freedoms include the next articles of Constitution of Kazakhstan the right to participate in elections and a republican referendum (Art. 33 of item 2), the right to participation in state administration (Art. 33 of item 1), the right to public service (Art. 33 of item 4), the right to freedom of the word and creativity, right to freedom of associations, the right to peaceful assemblies, meetings, demonstrations is provided.