Kazakhstan: Draft Law on Non-Governmental Organizations

PUBLISHED: JUNE 2025

In May 2025, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister announced an initiative to draft a new Law on Non-Governmental Organizations (Draft Law).  The stated purpose of the Draft Law is “improvement of the legal regulation of non-commercial organizations in Kazakhstan.”   Although the Draft Law is in its initial development stage, some independent experts in the working group are concerned that the Draft Law does not improve the regulation of non-commercial organizations in Kazakhstan.  ICNL provides an overview of the key provisions on the Draft law.