The article is devoted to the characteristics of the legal status of the main body of constitutional justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the Constitutional Court. The article substantiates the role and importance of constitutional justice in the mechanism of protection of human and civil rights and freedoms. The analysis of the constitutional legislation revealed the human rights potential of the constitutional control body of the republic. The study concludes that it is important to revive the body of constitutional justice, saturate the practical activities of this body with constructive legal mechanisms to ensure proper protection of the Constitution and the protection of human and civil rights.