Social movements in Kazakhstan

In the public life of Kazakhstan, there are a variety of public organizations and movements: parties, trade unions, women's, youth, religious organizations, clubs, unions, associations, human rights associations, etc.

The term social movement includes the totality of all organizations and unions that are similar in goals and objectives, as well as the mass actions they carry out with a similar focus.

According to Kazinform, today, according to the Registration Service Committee of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 9 political parties and 87 movements are officially registered.

The first social movements appeared in our republic in the late 80s. All public organizations that emerged in 1987 dealt exclusively with environmental issues. The first mass nationwide organization in Kazakhstan was the anti-nuclear movement “Nevada-Semipalatinsk”. The movement was organized at the end of February 1989 on the initiative of the poet O. Suleimenov, who headed the Union of Writers of the Republic, and quickly spread throughout Kazakhstan.

The movement received massive support from the population, who perceived the landfill as a national tragedy. An important role in the development of the Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement was played by the figure of its founder and leader O. Suleimenov. The authorities reacted ambiguously to the movement, and only after N. Nazarbayev came to power in the summer of 1989, the anti-centrist orientation of “Nevada” was supported by the republican bodies and the movement was able to hold rallies of many thousands and other mass actions prohibited by other organizations.

The main legislative acts regulating the activities of public associations are the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Public Associations”, and the Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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