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B.
Prosecutors
33.
Apropos of paragraphs 74 and 75, the mentioned concerns were also addressed
in President of Uzbekistan Sh Mirziyoyev's Address to the Parliament (Oliy Majlis) of the
Republic of Uzbekistan: “It is necessary to limit the inherited from the old system and
continuing the practice of examining judicial decisions by the prosecutor's office. From now
on, the prosecutor will be able to request a court decision only upon receipt of a complaint of
a party of the case”. Currently, the General Prosecutor's Office has drafted a regulatory
act, providing for the establishment of order of reclaim courts' decisions to be studied
prosecutors only at the request of interested parties.
34.
Based on the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur, the General Prosecutor’s
Office developed a draft Law “On serving in the prosecutor’s office”, which provides for a
new transparent selection mechanism and appointment, as well as the establishment of the
Prosecutor’s Council .
C.
Lawyers
35.
Taking into account the recommendations provided in para. 77 of the report, the State
Program 2020 provides for the enhancement of the legal science and education, the
development of the system of training, retraining and advanced training of legal personnel,
opening new law faculties in the universities of different regions of the country; the creation
of an effective system for the continuing education and retraining of legal and pedagogical
personnel, as well as the widespread introduction of innovative forms and methods of
teaching, new pedagogical technologies, interactive and situational lessons are planned.
1.
Access to a lawyer
36.
Regarding paragraph. 79, it is reported that by Resolution of the President of the
Republic of Uzbekistan dated 13.12.2019 No. PR-4551 “ On additional measures to ensure
the supremacy of the Constitution and the law, strengthening public control in this direction,
as well as raising the legal culture in society”, creating a draft of conceptual framework for
the development of the institution of the bar, providing for measures to further improve the
institution of the bar and radically increase the status of lawyers, in particular, the exclusion
of the powers of the Ministry of Justice is envisaged.
37.
Concerning paras. 80, 81, it is reported that the decision of the President of the
Republic of Uzbekistan dated 13.12.2019, the “On additional measures to ensure supremacy
of the Constitution and the Rule of Law, strengthening public control in this field, as well as
raising the legal culture in society” envisages the introduction of mandatory video recording
of actions taken in detaining an individual and explaining him/her legal rights, denial of
counsel, as well as the employees of law enforcement bodies after the detention of the
person are assigned responsibility for immediate notification of his arrest and place of
detention to someone among the members of his family, and in their absence - other relatives
or close persons. Starting from 1 July 2020, any procedural coercive measures, limiting rights
of a person, including detaining a person will be entered into a single electronic registration
system.
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