Internationale rechtliche Zusammenarbeit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Seminar on the division of responsibilities between investigation authorities and public prosecutors

Details: Published: August 3, 2020

Kazakhstan

On 24 July 2020, IRZ and the Law Academy at the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in the Republic of Kazakhstan organised an online seminar on “Law enforcement: the division of responsibilities between authorities conducting pre-trial investigations and public prosecutors”.

The event was attended by some high-ranking participants. These included Yerlik Kenenbayev, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Prof. Dr. Igor Rogov, Deputy Director of the foundation “Фонд Первого Президента Республики Казахстан“ (Fond Pervogo Prezidenta Respubliki Kazakhstan = Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan), and Jogan Merkel, a member of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan. All three gave welcome speeches at the start of the seminar.

Andreas Stüve, a Senior Public Prosecutor and Head of the Organised Crime department at the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor’s Office, was appointed as an IRZ expert. He gave a speech on the position and responsibilities of the public prosecutor’s office in investigation proceedings and on the relations between public prosecutors and the police.

The online seminar led to intense discussions on the subject and provided proof of the Kazakh partners’ need for further training in the field of criminal law and criminal procedure law. IRZ would like to fulfil this requirement by providing the necessary measures in future.

Events held in Kazakhstan on preventing and combating corruption

Details: Published: January 17, 2020

During the seminar on 4 December in Nursultan

Kazakhstan

In partnership with the Law Academy at the Office of the Public Prosecutor General in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the IRZ organised a seminar on combating corruption on 4 December in Nursultan, followed by a round table discussion on the same subject held on the following day.

The seminar was aimed at employees of law enforcement authorities, who are currently attending further training courses at the Academy and were able to gain an insight into the German system thanks to the IRZ seminar.

The round table discussions held on 5 December 2019 involved, amongst others, representatives of the training institute at the Law Academy. The IRZ was able to recruit Public Prosecutor Stefan Schlotter from the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office to attend both event formats as a German expert. Stefan Schlotter spoke about subjects including methods of exposing and investigating corruption offences and also used practical case examples to present the main methods of preventing corruption.

There were lively discussions at both events, with participants showing their interest by asking the German expert plenty of questions. The participants were able to study the subjects of preventing and combating corruption in depth and gain valuable knowledge along the way.