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Five new codes to be adopted in Uzbekistan
The Government of Uzbekistan has planned to adopt five new codes, follows from the roadmap for the implementation of the National Human Rights Strategy.
According to the document, large-scale legislative work in various industries has been planned. Among other things, the development of the followings has been planned:
- By August 1, 2020, it is planned to complete the development of the Code on Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations (NGOs), which will ensure the right of citizens to join NGOs and help exercise this right, as well as the procedure for creating, registering, operating and abolishing NGOs;
- The Environmental Code, the development and adoption of which is also provided for by the Environmental Protection Concept until 2030. Emphasis will be placed on parliamentary and public control, the status of citizens and public associations, environmental control, monitoring and examination, as well as prescribing the rules for using flora and fauna. The work is scheduled to be completed by October 1, 2020;
- The Health Code, which enshrines the foundations of state regulation and mechanisms of interagency cooperation in the field, financing the health system, organizing sanitary-epidemiological surveillance, as well as the norm of scientific and educational activities in health care. The deadline is until December 1, 2020. At the same time, the Code also appears in the Health System Development Concept for 2019-2025;
- The Entrepreneurial Code, which will provide a complete codification of legislation on business matters. A radical revision of the anti-monopoly regulation, strengthening the guarantees of freedom of businesses and responsibility of officials for interference is expected. Public control will be expanded in the field of protecting the rights and legitimate interests of entrepreneurs. Work on the project will take a year and a half, it should be completed by January 20, 2022;
- The Information Code summarizing the country’s laws on information security. It will consolidate the main directions of development of the media space: freedom of human rights, cybersecurity, respect for media culture and online hygiene. The project should also be developed by January 2022.
In addition, the Criminal, Criminal-Procedural and Criminal-Executive, Civil, Labor and Housing Codes will be adopted in the new editions.
