Department of Special Legal Disciplines

YESHNAZAROV ALMAZ ALGAZOVICH

Head of the Department

Academic degree, academic title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences

Experience in scientific and pedagogical work: more than 14 years

Topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “Privilege and immunity in criminal proceedings (under the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan)” (specialty: 12.00.09: criminal procedure, criminology and forensic examination; operational investigative activities).

Area of scientific interests: criminal procedural law, workload standards, countering extremism and terrorism, cybercrimes and human trafficking.

Has a certificate of accreditation as a subject of scientific and (or) scientific and technical activities of the Ministry of Education and Science (Series MK 006228 dated August 3, 2020).

Scientific works: has more than 30 published works (scientific articles, textbooks)

Disciplines taught in master’s and doctoral studies:

– The practice of applying measures of criminal procedural coercion in criminal proceedings

– Problems of legal regulation and practice of implementation of other measures of criminal legal influence;

– Criminal-legal and penitentiary problems of institutions of punishment and other measures of criminal-legal impact;

– Сounteraction to encroachments against the person;

– Theory and practice of application of legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in law enforcement activities;

– Workshop on criminal procedure law.

 

ZHEMPIISOV NAZARBEK SHARUANOVICH

Professor

Class rank: Senior Adviser of Justice

Academic degree, academic title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences

Experience in scientific and pedagogical work: more than 20 years

Topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “Criminal liability for false entrepreneurship” (specialty: 12.00.08: criminal law and criminology; criminal executive law).

Area of scientific interests: Problems of criminology and criminal law, national security, geopolitics, macroeconomics.

Scientific works: Has more than 50 scientific works, of which: commentary on articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the financial police; textbooks: “Criminal liability of legal entities” (co-author), “Criminology (General part)”.

Disciplines taught in doctoral studies:

– Crime prevention strategies;

– State legal provision of national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

 

KHAN VITALY VYACHESLAVOVICH

Professor

Class rank: Counselor of Justice

Academic degree, academic title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences, associate professor

Experience in scientific and pedagogical work: 21 years

Topic of the candidate’s thesis: “The Anglo-Saxon model of pre-trial proceedings in criminal cases (on the example of modern legislation in England and the USA)” (specialty 12.00.09: criminal procedure; criminology and forensic examination; operational investigative activities).

Area of scientific interests: issues of theory and history of criminal proceedings, law enforcement agencies and the judiciary; problems of implementing constitutional and procedural guarantees of individual rights and freedoms in criminal proceedings; legal and organizational foundations of law enforcement and judicial activities; anti-corruption mechanisms; doctrine of criminal pre-trial proceedings; concepts of procedural coercion measures and the theory of judicial evidence; alternatives to criminal prosecution and savings in criminal repression; criminal proceedings of foreign countries; methods of teaching criminal procedural law.

Scientific works: author of more than 100 scientific works.

Disciplines taught in doctoral studies:

– Theory of criminal procedure law;

– Theoretical issues of criminal procedure law;

– Actual problems of the criminal.

 

AVGUSTKHAN SYRYM AVGUSTKHANULY

Associate Professor

Class rank: Counselor of Justice

Academic degree, academic title, academic degree: PhD doctor in the specialty “Jurisprudence”

Experience in scientific and pedagogical work: more than 12 years

Topic of doctoral dissertation: “Problems of legal and criminological support for the investigation of violent crimes committed in penal institutions in the CIS countries”

Area of scientific interests: criminal law, criminal executive law, problems of qualification of criminal offenses, problematic issues of probation

Scientific works: author of more than 30 scientific works

Disciplines taught in the master’s and doctorials program:

– Problems of the Institute of Restorative Justice;

– Сounteraction to encroachments against the person;

– Criminal-legal and penitentiary problems of institutions of punishment and other measures of criminal-legal impact;

– Actual problems of theory and practice of the applcation of criminal and penal enforcement legislation;

– Problems of criminal legal protection of the individual.

 

ALIBEKOVA ASEL MURATOVNA

Associate Professor

Class rank: Junior Counselor of Justice

Academic degree, academic title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences

Experience in scientific and pedagogical work: 24 years

Topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “Criminal legal and criminological characteristics of illegal entrepreneurship” (specialty: 12.00.08: criminal law and criminology; criminal executive law).

Area of scientific interests: criminal law and criminal-executive law.

Scientific works: Has 30 published works, including articles on criminal law issues. Co-author of a collection of problems and three textbooks on criminal law, a Commentary on the Criminal Code and a textbook.

Disciplines taught in master’s and doctoral studies:

– Problems of criminal law measures to combat corruption crime;

– Problems of legal regulation and practice of implementation of other measures of criminal legal influence

– Problems of qualification of criminal offenses;

– Criminal-legal and penitentiary problems of institutions of punishment and other measures of criminal-legal impact;

– Legal regulation and problems of criminal policy implementation.

 

AMURTAEVA DINARA TALGATOVNA

Associate Professor

Class rank: lawyer 1st class

Academic degree, academic title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences

Experience in scientific and pedagogical work: 24 years

Topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “Problems of qualification of causing grievous harm to health under the criminal legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (specialty 12.00.08: criminal law and criminology; criminal executive law).

Area of scientific interests: criminal law, criminology, penal law, problems of qualification of criminal offenses, criminal liability of minors, problematic issues of probation and restorative justice.

Scientific works: has over 60 publications in journals with impact factors recommended by KKSON and RSCI. Two textbooks “Criminal legal measures to combat transnational organized crime in the Republic of Kazakhstan” have been prepared in the state and Russian languages.

Disciplines taught in master’s and doctoral studies:

– Problems of the implementation of prosecutorial supervision in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

– Сounteraction to encroachments against the person;

– Prosecutors activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Workshop;

– Practice of application of the institute of probation in Kazakhstan;

– Problems of the Institute of Restorative Justice.

 

BAIMAKHANOV ARTUR ALISHEROVICH

Associate Professor

Post: associate Professor of the Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Class rank: Counselor of Justice, PhD in «Jurisprudence»

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: Doctor of PhD in the specialty «Jurisprudence»

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 5 years

The topic of the doctoral dissertation: «Organizational and legal aspects of investigation and prevention of non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of duties for the upbringing of a minor»

Research interests: criminal law, criminology, criminal enforcement law, problems of qualification of criminal offenses.

Scientific works: author of more than 20 scientific papers

Disciplines taught in the Master’s program

– Features of the organization of the investigation of embezzlement;

– Theory and practice of application of legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in law enforcement activities;

– Problems of the implementation of prosecutorial supervision in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

– Theory and practice of the execution of punishments and other measures of criminal law influence;

– Problems of qualification of criminal offenses;

– Novels in modern criminalistics;

-Problems of ensuring the safety of minors.

 

FILIPETS OKSANA BORISOVNA

Associate Professor

Class rank: Counselor of Justice

Academic degree, academic title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences, associate professor

Experience in scientific and pedagogical work: more than 24 years

Topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “Delay of serving a sentence under the criminal law of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (specialty 12.00.08: criminal law and criminology; criminal executive law)

Area of scientific interests: criminal law, criminal executive law.

Has a certificate of accreditation as a subject of scientific and (or) scientific and technical activities of the Ministry of Education and Science (MK No. 003942 dated March 28, 2014).

Scientific works: Has 80 published works, including articles on issues of criminal and penal law, as well as on methods of teaching disciplines. Author of one textbook; co-author of two collections of problems and two textbooks on criminal law, a Commentary on the Criminal Code and one monograph.

Disciplines taught in master’s and doctoral studies:

– Theory and practice of application of legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in law enforcement activities;

– Criminal-legal and penitentiary problems of institutions of punishment and other measures of criminal-legal impact;

– Problems of legal regulation and practice of implementation of other measures of criminal legal influence;

– Actual problems of theory and practice of the applcation of criminal and penal enforcement legislation

– Scientific basis for the qualification of criminal offensesc aganist property.

 

SADYKOV MUKHTAR BEIBUTOVICH

Senior Lecturer

Class rank: Junior Counselor of Justice

Academic degree, academic title, academic degree: Master of legal sciences (Ural state legal university named after V.F. Yakovlev, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation), Master of public administration (Nazarbayev university)

Two-time scholarship holder of the international scholarship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan «Bolashak»: bachelor’s degree (first class degree) – information systems (Multimedia university, Malaysia), internship – legal and financial aspects of the functioning of international financial centers (University of California in Los Angeles, USA).

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 3 years

The topic of the candidate’s dissertation: «Prosecutorial inspections of state control (supervision) and municipal control bodies: comparative legal analysis (using the example of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan)», «Pension system reform in Kazakhstan based on experience of Singapore»

Research interests: countering cybercrime, artificial intelligence legal regulation, information law, digitalization.

Scientific works: 8 scientific works, of which 3 in publications recommended by the authorized body, 1 article in the international journal included in the Scopus database, 4 articles in collections of international conferences.

In 2023, at the conference at the Universiti Utara Malaysia, M.B. Sadykov’s article was recognized as one of the top 3 among 200 participants from 9 countries and won the «Best Paper Award».

Subjects taught in the Master’s program:

– «Information security in law enforcement»;

– «Legal regulation of information technology»;

– «Legal regulation of information systems and cybersecurity issues in law enforcement»;

– «Legal regulation and practice of applying public procurement legislation: corruption risks».

 

TULEUOVA MOLDIR YERLANOVNA

Senior Lecturer

(appointed to the position on May 23, 2024)

Class rank: Senior Counselor of Justice

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: Master of Laws

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: over 10 years

The topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “Participation of a defense lawyer at the stage of preliminary investigation, as a means of ensuring the protection of the rights of participants in criminal proceedings: problematic aspects”

Research interests: criminal procedure law,

Scientific works: has more than 50 published works

Disciplines taught in master’s and doctoral studies:

– Theory and practice of application of criminal procedural law in law enforcement;

– The practice of applying measures of criminal procedural coercion in criminal proceedings.

 

NURKHAN AIBAR SERIKULY

Senior Lecturer

(21 October 2024 transferred to the Institute of Professional Development)

Rank: Junior Justice Advisor

Education: higher

Academic degree, academic title: Doctor PHD

Experience in scientific and pedagogical work: 3 years

The topic of the dissertation: «The system of punishments for criminal offenses: current state and development trends».

Research interests: criminal law, criminal procedure.

Scientific works: Has more than 20 published works (scientific articles, manuals, monographs).

Subjects taught:

– «Problems of qualification of criminal offenses: theory and practice»;

– «Covert investigative actions in the theory and practice of the criminal prosecution authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan»;

– «Features of the organization of the investigation of embezzlement»;

– «Workshop on criminal law».