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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of January 7, 2008 No. ZRU-139

About guarantees of the rights of the child

(as amended on 28-04-2025)

Accepted by Legislative house on November 23, 2007

Approved by the Senate on December 1, 2007

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Purpose of this Law

The purpose of this Law is regulation of the relations in the field of guarantees of the rights of the child.

Article 2. Legislation on guarantees of the rights of the child

The legislation on guarantees of the rights of the child 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 guarantees of the rights of the child then are applied rules of the international treaty.

Article 3. Basic concepts

In this Law the following basic concepts are applied:

child(children) - person (persons) before achievement of age of eighteen years (age of majority);

legal representatives of the child are parents, adoptive parents, guardians, custodians;

guardianship and custody - legal form of child placement, without parental support, for the purpose of content, education and education, and also for protection of their rights, freedoms and legitimate interests. Guardianship is established over the children who did not reach fourteen years, guardianship - aged from fourteen up to eighteen years;

the orphan child - the child whose both parents died or are declared the dead by a court decision;

the child with shortcomings of physical and (or) mental development - the child with the physical, intellectual, touch (sensual) and (or) mental violations which are not sufficient for purpose of disability;

socially vulnerable children are the children who are in difficult life situation owing to the developed circumstances, needing special protection and support from the state and society including children:

with disability;

with shortcomings of physical and (or) mental development;

orphans;

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