The Ministry of Internal Affairs has secured the right to use genomic information to detect crimes. The deputies of the Oliy Majlis [the Parliament in Uzbekistan] adopted in the second reading the bill “On state registration of the genome” developed by the department. The report of the Legislative Chamber says that “DNA data will be […]
The legitimization of confiscation concerning previously outstanding cases is specified in a new bill prepared by the Prosecutor General’s Office and issued for discussion. It determines that “coercive measures concerning a property in the form of special confiscation can be applied on the basis of a sentence or a court decision for the purpose of […]
The system for declaring the income of civil servants will be introduced within five years. This was stated on October 7 at the press conference by Akmal Burkhanov, the Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency. The first stage of the process will begin on January 1, 2021. According to the head of the department, the corresponding […]
Against the background of events in Belarus, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan promptly posted for discussion a bill on rallies, meetings, and demonstrations. The document is open for discussion until September 2. The lawyers of the department were still working on the text of the draft, but the mass demonstrations of the inhabitants […]
Colleagues from Central.media forwarded a letter to the ACCA from the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations. On June 10, journalists published the material from our portal “Uzbekistan: human rights defenders were beaten and placed under house quarantine”. A week later, the press center of the Ministry prepared an answer, but, for some reason, decided […]
The new bill, which obliges officials to report on their income, doesn’t apply to the President, deputies, judges and several other public servants. The legislative initiative of the Agency for the Development of Public Service under the President doesn’t essentially eradicate corruption in the country’s bureaucratic class and is unlikely to increase the level of […]
In the context of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, lawmaking continues, aimed at strengthening the repressive mechanism of suppressing civic activity. A draft law on public safety and its concept have been published on the government portal. The bill gives powers to the law enforcement agencies that already have them. In the concept, the […]
On March 27, by the decision of the board of the Chamber of Lawyers of the country, the Department for the protection of professional rights was abolished. Before the liquidation, this structural unit of the public organization was headed by Allan Pashkovsky, the first critic of the law leveling the concept of the lawyer’s secret […]
On March 24, at the third plenary meeting of the upper house of Uzbek Parliament, a scandalous bill was adopted; it eliminates the concept of lawyer’s secrecy. In connection with the introduction of new types of operational-search measures, the Law “On guarantees of advocacy and the social protection of lawyers” is amended, with the approval […]
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