Legislation

Constitution as adopted May 5, 1993

Article 5

(1) The State language of the Kyrgyz Republic shall be the Kyrgyz language.

(2) The Kyrgyz Republic guarantees the preservation, equal and free development and functioning of the Russian language and all the other languages, used by the population of the Republic.

(3) Infringement upon citizens' rights and freedoms based upon lack of knowledge or command of the State language is not allowed.

Article 15

(3) All persons in the Kyrgyz Republic shall be equal before the law and the court. No one may be exposed to any discrimination, infringement of rights and freedoms, on the motives of origin, sex, race, nationality, language, creed, political and religious convictions or by any other public or personal conditions or circumstances.

Article 16

(2) Every person in the Kyrgyz Republic shall enjoy the right:

• to free expression and dissemination of ones thoughts, ideas, opinions, freedom of literary, artistic, scientific and technical creative work, freedom of the press, transmission and dissemination of information

Article 32

(1) Every citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic shall have the right to education.

(2) General secondary education shall be compulsory and free of charge, and everyone shall be entitled to receive it in the state educational institutions.

(3) The state shall provide for accessibility of vocational, special secondary and higher education for every person, in accordance with individual aptitude.

(4) Paid education for citizens at national and other educational institutions shall be allowed on the basis and in the procedure established by the legislation.

(5) The state shall exercise control over the activity of educational institutions.

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