The population will not participate in the elections of hokims. This key idea was voiced on March 19 by the President Mirziyoev at an extraordinary session of the Regional Kengash [Council] of people’s deputies of Tashkent. According to the leader of the country, “the introduction of elections into an environment, for which society is not […]
The Ministry of Justice has developed a bill that creates the illusion of protecting non-governmental non-profit organizations. The Department proposes to establish responsibility for interference in the activities of NGOs in the form of fines of up to $ 342. The Ministry of Justice notes that there is no punishment for the interference of officials […]
The human rights organization “Human Rights Watch” (HRW) has called on Uzbek lawmakers to submit the draft Criminal Code to the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) to check it for compliance with international human rights standards. Since 2002, countries, that are not members of the Council of Europe, can also participate in […]
The deputies of the Parliament of Uzbekistan intend to amend the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Responsibility, as well as the bill “On informatization”, which was another unpleasant surprise for journalists, network activists and bloggers. On March 3, at a regular plenary meeting of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, in the […]
Excessive and strict registration requirements for organizations continue to be a “serious” obstacle to the work of independent NGOs. This is reported in the statement of the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) on January 6. Human rights defenders are confident that the officials of Uzbekistan should amend the law to allow independent […]
Examples of judicial arbitrariness refute the claims of the authorities about the coming “decriminalization” of articles for libel, in fact, even more threatening civic activism after the recent legislative initiatives. On December 17, the Administrative court of Chilanzar region found a resident of Tashkent, Valentina Ermetova, guilty of libel and ordered to pay a fine […]
On December 21, information about the tenth plenary session of the Oliy Majlis [Senate] was published. It states that “the possibility of repeated revision of court decisions, that have entered into force, creates conditions for the parties concerned to be doomed to suffer for several years due to the state of uncertainty in the court […]
The Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis [Senate] considered the draft law “On amendments and additions to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Administrative Responsibility”. After the approval of the amendments by the President, the Code of Administrative Responsibility establishes responsibility […]
It is planned to supplement the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan with an article on illegal enrichment of officials, as well as on bribery of foreign officials and representatives of international organizations. The amendment of the laws was initiated by the Anti-Corruption Agency. The department presented the draft laws “On the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic […]
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