Legal News

Legal Digest (November 2025)

Table of contents:

  • On the approval of the Procedure for employers to post job advertisements (information) on the website of the authorized state body in the field of employment promotion
  • On the adoption of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic «On Mediation».
  • On the introduction of digitalization of courts and judicial record-keeping
  • On Establishing the Policy Rate of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
  • On the approval of acts regulating the issues of entry into force, termination, registration, and publication of international treaties of the Kyrgyz Republic
  • On amendments to the Civil Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

On the approval of the Procedure for employers to post job advertisements (information) on the website of the authorized state body in the field of employment promotion

The Resolution approves the Procedure for employers to post job announcements (information) on the website of the authorized state body responsible for employment promotion.

According to the approved Procedure, employers of all forms of ownership, except state authorities and local self-government bodies, must publish information about every newly created or vacant position on the portal (https://jumush.gov.kg). Employers must register a personal account to post vacancy announcements.

The portal is administered by the authorized state body in charge of employment promotion.

The Resolution enters into force on January 1, 2026.

On the adoption of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic «On Mediation»

The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Mediation” has been signed.

The adopted Law regulates the use of mediation for conflicts (disputes) arising from civil, family, labor, and criminal-law relations.

Mediation is not applied in cases where a dispute affects the interests of persons who are not participating in the mediation process. Mediation is not considered an entrepreneurial or commercial activity.

The Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic, together with mediators, is instructed to establish an organizing committee and, within six months from the date the Law enters into force, convene the Congress of Mediators.

Mediators operating as legal entities must, within four months, either liquidate their organizations, undergo state re-registration with a change of name, or reorganize into mediation centers in accordance with the Law.

Mediator certificates issued prior to the Law’s entry into force remain valid.

Individuals holding such certificates must, within one month from the state registration of the Chamber of Mediators of the Kyrgyz Republic, become members of the Chamber in accordance with the Law.

The Law enters into force fifteen days after its official publication.

On the introduction of digitalization of courts and judicial record-keeping

A Law has been signed introducing into procedural legislation such categories as videoconferencing, online broadcasting, digital judicial proceedings, and a guaranteed message delivery service.

The document sets out the specific features of conducting court proceedings in a digital format.

The Law enters into force on January 1, 2026.

On Establishing the Policy Rate of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic

By Resolution, the policy rate of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has been set at 11.00 percent per annum.

The Resolution enters into force on November 28, 2025.

«On the approval of acts regulating the issues of entry into force, termination, registration, and publication of international treaties of the Kyrgyz Republic»

The Resolution approves:

– the Procedure for notifying the entry into force, suspension, or denunciation (termination, withdrawal) of international treaties of the Kyrgyz Republic and their publication;

– the Regulation on the Unified State System for the Registration and Accounting of International Treaties of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Information on the entry into force, suspension, or denunciation of an international treaty of the Kyrgyz Republic is entered into the Centralized Database of Legal Information of the Kyrgyz Republic based on a notification from the authorized state body in the field of foreign affairs.

International treaties that have entered into force for the Kyrgyz Republic must be published in the Centralized Database of Legal Information, as well as on the official websites of the state or municipal bodies that initiated their conclusion, no later than 30 calendar days from the date the treaty enters into force.

The texts of international treaties are published in the language(s) in which they were signed.

The Resolution enters into force ten days after its official publication.

On amendments to the Civil Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

A Law «On Amendments to the Civil Code of the Kyrgyz Republic» has been signed.

The Law aims to enhance the transparency of the structure of single-member business entities and strengthen their liability for their obligations.

The amendments introduce the following key provisions:

– A limited liability company may have another single-member business entity as its sole founder (shareholder), provided that such entities are not under the direct or indirect control of a foreign legal entity;

– Single-member business entities (excluding state and municipal bodies, institutions, and enterprises) bear joint subsidiary liability for the obligations of:

– business entities for which they are or were the sole participant at the time the obligations became due;

– business entities that have or had such entities as their sole participants, including subsequent entities in the ownership chain;

A limit is imposed on the depth of ownership chains:

– registration of a business entity is prohibited if its sole founder is a single-member entity and the maximum permitted chain depth is exceeded;

– the maximum ownership chain depth must not exceed three levels, including the final entity;

– the liability rules for single-member entities are clarified, specifying that joint subsidiary liability does not apply when founders are state bodies, local authorities, state/municipal institutions or enterprises, or legal entities with state or municipal participation.