The Constitutional Court of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe organised an international conference entitled “The Constitution as a foundation for building a democratic state under the rule of law”. The conference took place on 21-22 June 2023 in the Issyk-Kul region and was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of Kyrgyzstan. More than 100 representatives of constitutional courts from 16 countries attended. 

The Conference provided an opportunity to discuss the role of constitutional justice and its impact on the development democratic state, governed by the rule of law. The participants discussed in particular the challenges and perspectives for the evolution of constitutional review in the era of global transformations.

The Council of Europe experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy and the Republic of Moldova introduced several European systems of constitutional review and shared the experience of the constitutional courts in their own countries in promoting constitutional values in society.

This conference was organised in the framework of the Central Asia Rule of Law Programme 2020-2023, which is financed by the Council of Europe and the European Union and is implemented by the Council of Europe.