Abstract
International cooperation in criminal matters inevitably presupposes either occasional or systematic interaction between the law enforcement authorities of different States engaged in combating crime. The Republic of Uzbekistan conducts such cooperation with foreign States on the basis of mutual compliance with international treaty obligations. Within this framework, Uzbekistan acts as an equal,
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Part One of Article 17 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan
See, for example: Collections of International Documents for 2019–2023
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For further detail, see: International Treaties of Uzbekistan on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters // https://www.norma.uz/raznoe/mejdunarodnye_dogovory_uzbekistana_o_pravovoy_pomoshchi_i_pravovyh_otnosheniyah_po_grajdanskim_semeynym_i_ugolovnym_delam.
These include, inter alia: the Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters of 22 January 1993 (Minsk), which entered into force on 19 May 1994. Ratified by Resolution No. 825-XII of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 6 May 1993 (entry into force: 19 May 1994) // https://www.parlament.gov.uz.
Attention was also drawn to these circumstances by the Russian scholar A.G. Volevodz (see: Volevodz A.G. Legal Foundations of New Directions of International Cooperation in Criminal Procedure: Doctoral Dissertation in Law. – Moscow: All-Russian Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 2002. – pp. 120–123).
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See: Chapters 64 and 65 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan // https://www.lex.uz.
Article 281 was introduced by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 30 November 2020 No. ZRU-651 – National Database of Legislation, 1 December 2020, No. 03/20/651/1577.
A similar view was expressed by V.V. Milinchuk more than twenty years ago (see: Milinchuk V.V. New Trends in International Cooperation in Criminal Procedure: The Concept of Transnational Justice // State and Law. – Moscow, 2004. – No. 1. – p. 96).