Law and Justice
Tashkulov Akbar Djurabayevich
Minister of justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan
In recent years, a large-scale work has been carried out in our country to raise the legal culture of the population, to explain to the population the essence of the adopted legislation and state programs.
A set of promotional materials (infographics, slides, annotations, videos) was prepared for each important piece of legislation adopted, and the practice of sending them to the ministries and departments and regions responsible for the field was established. Videos explaining the legislation in a simple way are regularly broadcast on local and central TV channels.
In the Republic of Uzbekistan, draft regulatory legal acts are published on the Internet for wide discussion by citizens and business representatives.
5 legal portals have been developed on the Internet, aimed at increasing the legal literacy and culture of the population, providing free legal advice to all segments of the population, regardless of financial status. The legal portal "Advice for business" has been launched, which provides free legal information and advice to entrepreneurs. It is a special interactive portal that provides all the necessary information from the implementation of business activities, ie from the registration of the enterprise to its liquidation. Through this system, entrepreneurs have the opportunity to quickly receive free legal advice and information on the issues they face at any stage of their activities.
Also, in order to improve the system of free legal aid to the population, the NGO "Madad" and its regional offices were established. About 12,000 questions were answered directly by Madad bureaus operating in 60 districts (cities), and more than 60,000 questions were answered online through the legal information portal Advice.uz.
A convenient method was used to explain their rights to people with disabilities. With the help of grants from international organizations, a "set of normative and legal documents on the rights of the blind" was prepared in Braille for the blind. The collection consists of 2 volumes, published in 2,000 copies (4,000 books in total) and contains the norms of 29 pieces of legislation on the rights of the blind.
During the pandemic, modern systems were created to protect the rights of citizens and provide them with legal explanations. In particular, in order to meet the needs of citizens for legal advice remotely, bots were opened in the telegram messenger, through which legal explanations and advice were provided to citizens' questions sent remotely.
By Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. DP-6012 dated June 22, 2020, the National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Human Rights was approved.
By Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. DP-11 dated 16.01.2023 “On additional measures to further expand access to justice and improve the efficiency of the courts”, the Short-Term Strategy for raising the judicial system to a qualitatively new level for 2023-2026 was approved.