Criminal policy of Kazakhstan until 2030: a new look and perspectives (round table dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Doctor of Law, Professor U.S. Dzhekebayev)
The article is of informational character and sets out the main ideas of the scientific legacy of U.S. Dzhekebayev - a scholar who is the patriarch of our jurisprudence, a classic of criminal law, a man of legend, one of the luminaries of criminal law and criminology. High appreciation of the scientific legacy of U.S. Dzhekebayev is to create a scientific school of criminology in Kazakhstan and a sociological direction in the field of fighting crime. In the reports of the participants of the round table dedicated to the 95th anniversary of Doctor of Law, Professor of M.S. Narikbaev KAZGUU University U.S. Dzhekebayev, the important topic “Criminal policy of Kazakhstan until 2030: a new look and prospects” was considered, the contribution of Professor U.S. Dzhekebayev in the development of the system methodology of the science of crime was noted, proposals were made on the content and directions of the criminal policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in modern conditions. The article notes that criminal policy should adequately reflect the existing realities and ensure the implementation of the basic principles of criminal law, such as legality and justice, equality of all before the law, the inevitability of responsibility and punishment, and also act as an effec-tive tool in the fight against crime. The purpose of the article is to present the discussion at the round table meeting of the main ideas of the scientific legacy of Professor U.S. Dzhekebayev on the issues of substantive and procedural law and criminology, and the use of the scientific potential of the Scholar with the content and main directions of the modern criminal policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The scientific novelty of the article is determined by a compre-hensive approach to the content of criminal policy based on an interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of social sciences. During the research the scientific works of Doctor of Law, Professor U.S. Dzhekebayev, studies of well-known Kazakhstani and Russian academics, the 2003 UN Convention against Corruption, the Concept of Legal Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan until 2030, law enforcement practice and domestic criminal legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. When writing the article, general scientific and private scientific methods of research were used. The subject of the review was the scientific reports of the participants on the issues of criminal policy, its content and issues of improving the criminal legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Conclusions: 1. Wide international recognition of the scientific ideas of Professor U.S. Dzhekebayev is an objective assessment of his works, their place and role in the development of criminology. Research by Dzhekebayev U.S. aboutthe need to establish the criminal liability of legal persons, the legalization of plea bargains, the main social function of criminal punishment have not lost their relevance in the modern period, and have acquired a new meaning. 2. The participants of the round table made suggestions and noted that: 1) without a properly constructed and effectively implemented criminal policy, success in fighting the crime is impossible; 2) punishment is not the main means of fighting the crime, however, it is not only an important, but also a necessary means of fighting the crime. The effectiveness of fighting criminal offenses largely depends on the correct appli-cation of punishment; 3) in order to restore social justice, it is proposed to make changes and additions to the wording of Art. 40 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (types of punishment); 4) penitentiary legislation should effectively ensure the implementation of the main goals of punishment, create favorable conditions for the correction of convicts, their re-education and prevention of them committing new crimes; 5) in order to implement the main goals of punishment, it is proposed to adopt the Concept for the development of the penitentiary policy of Kazakhstan, creating favorable conditions for the correction of convicts, their re-education and preventing them from committing new crimes.