of November 30, 2017 No. UP-5268
About additional measures for strengthening of guarantees of the rights and freedoms of citizens in judicial and investigative activities
In the country the large-scale work aimed at providing reliable guarantees of protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens, first of all, from criminal encroachments and also non-admission of infringement of their honor and advantage, restriction of legitimate interests is carried out.
In basis of the undertaken judicial and legal reforms such constitutional principles as rule of law, equality of citizens before the law, humanity, justice and presumption of innocence are underlain.
In pursuance of the Strategy of actions in five priority directions of development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017 - 2021 number of the regulatory legal acts aimed at providing authentic independence and independence of judicial authority, improvement of quality and transparency of justice, expansion of application of Habeas Case institute, creation of effective system of anti-corruption is accepted.
Cancellation of procedure for return by courts of criminal cases for production of additional investigation allowed to increase the responsibility of judicial and investigating authorities for establishment of the truth and other circumstances important for the correct permission of case and also adoption of the legal, reasoned and fair decision.
As a result only in 10 months 2017 courts pronounce verdicts of not guilty concerning 191 persons whereas for the last five years only 7 persons were acquitted. Besides, in the current year bodies of pretrial investigation on the rehabilitating and other bases stop 3 511 criminal cases.
At the same time, the analysis of law-enforcement practice, generalization of results of open dialogue with the population confirm availability in the legislation of the legal gaps interfering law enforcement and objectivity when collecting, fixing, check and assessment of proofs in the course of investigation and consideration of criminal cases.
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