The new Constitution, adopted on April 30 at a referendum in Uzbekistan, expands the boundaries of human rights and freedom of speech.
According to the results of the vote, 90.21 percent of the voters answered “yes” to the question ”are you accepting the law on the Constitution of Uzbekistan?” The new constitution consists of six parts. If there were 128 articles in the main law, then there are 128 articles, then there are 155 of them in the new one. The number of constitutional norms is increased from 275 to 434.
In general, the country’s constitution was updated by 60 percent.
The law says that the norms of the Constitution in the new version from the moment of its entry into force “act directly and regardless of the adoption or availability of relevant laws and other regulatory acts”.
In the new Constitution, Uzbekistan is first defined as a social, secular and legal state.
The form of the state reign is a republic, and public life in Uzbekistan is developing on the basis of the variety of political institutions, ideologies and ideas. Moreover, no ideology is accepted as state.
In the new Constitution, expanding human rights and freedom, freedom of print, words, conscience and beliefs, it emphasizes that the state protects these values and is their guarantor.
The norms regarding the social obligations of the state are three times increased. It is emphasized that “ensuring human rights and freedoms is the highest goal of the state.”
“Democracy in the Republic of Uzbekistan is based on universal principles, according to which a person, his life, his life, freedom, honor, dignity and other inalienable rights are the highest value. Democratic rights and freedoms are protected by the constitution and laws,” the new article of the Constitution says.
The section “Basic rights, freedoms and obligations of a person and citizen” says: “In the Republic of Uzbekistan, the rights and freedoms of a person and citizen are recognized and guaranteed in accordance with generally recognized norms of international law and in accordance with this Constitution”.
The new constitution guarantees the equality of all citizens before the law without distinction of gender, race, nationality, language, religion, social origin, beliefs, personal and social status. “The dignity of man, his basic rights and freedoms are inviolable, inalienable and belong to everyone from birth,” the new version of the Basic Law says.
Among other amendments – a point on reducing the number of senators from 100 to 65, on the extension of the term of office of the President of Uzbekistan from five to seven years, on the ban on the death penalty, on the ban on the issuance of a citizen of the country to a foreign state.