PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of August 10, 2020 No. UP-6041

About measures for further strengthening of guarantees of protection of the rights and personal freedoms in judicial and investigative activities

In recent years in the country number of the acts of the legislation directed to reliable protection of the rights and freedoms, respect of honor and advantage of the personality, further expansion of use of the principle of competitiveness of the parties at all stages of legal proceedings and also implementation to this sphere of international standards and the best foreign practices is accepted.

At the same time analysis results of judicial and investigative practice and studying of addresses of citizens demonstrate incomplete involvement of mechanisms of providing guarantees of protection of the rights and personal freedoms in criminal procedure, and also availability of the gaps in the legislation connected with accurate determination of powers of law enforcement agencies on investigation of crimes.

For the purpose of improvement of activities for investigation of criminal cases taking into account international standards and the best foreign practices, ensuring the principles of rule of law and inevitability of responsibility, further enhancement of the criminal procedure legislation in the country, and also consecutive realization of the tasks determined in the Strategy of actions by five priority directions of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017 - 2021:

1. Determine the main directions of further enhancement of judicial and investigative activities:

ensuring unconditional observance of the rights and personal freedoms, improvement of quality of legal proceedings, review of system of collection, fixing and assessment of proofs in criminal procedure taking into account the standards of proof which are widely applied in the advanced foreign practice;

raising on the new activity level of law enforcement agencies on disclosure of crimes, ensuring inevitability of responsibility for each committed crime and full recovery of the damage caused to the personality, society and the state;

implementation of effective mechanisms of the prevention of making of the acts connected using tortures and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and also strengthening of responsibility for such acts;

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