of January 14, 2019 No. ZRU-515
About protection of the victims, witnesses and other participants of criminal procedure
Accepted by Legislative house on November 22, 2018
Approved by the Senate on December 13, 2018
The purpose of this Law is regulation of the relations in the field of protection of the victims, witnesses and other participants of criminal procedure.
The main objectives of this Law are establishment of system of measures of protection of the victims, witnesses and other participants of criminal procedure (further - the protected persons) including security measure and social protection, applied in the presence of threat of infringement of life, health and property of persons, promoting the prevention or disclosure of crime and also determination of the bases and procedure for their application.
The legislation on protection of protected persons consists of this Law and other acts of the legislation.
If the international treaty of the Republic of Uzbekistan establishes other rules, than those which are stipulated by the legislation the Republic of Uzbekistan about protection of protected persons then are applied rules of the international treaty.
The basic principles of protection of protected persons are legality, priority of the rights and legitimate interests of the protected person, the cross liability of the protected persons and state bodies providing protection.
Protected persons are:
1) victim and his legal representative;
2) witness;
3) public prosecutor and public defender;
4) suspect, person accused, defendant, their defenders and legal representatives;
5) the convict, justified, person against whom criminal case is dismissed;
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