Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan
Legalization of same-sex marriages

The implementation process is organized in different ways all over the world. This WIKI tries to summarize the national differences. Emphasis should be laid on the interrelationships between the actors in terms of authority and coordination.

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In Kazakhstan, the Parliament is the main law-making authority.

Policy-making process: Fight between the SSM opponents and supporters - > Court ruling found that the prohibition of SSM breaches the constitutional rights of the citizens -> the issue of legalizing SSM put on the agenda -> influence of the pressure/interest groups religious groups (opponents); gay rights activists (proponents) by running campaigns at the policy formulation stage -> influence of the voters (public) by holding referendums at the policy adoption stage -> passing of a bill to legalize same-sex marriages by the judges at the policy implementation stage -> referring to the EU as a best practice when transposing the bill to the national frameworks with additional adaptation costs.