Uzbekistan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic; authoritarian presidential government
- CONSTITUTION
- December 8, 1992
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the civil system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) composed of Senate and Chamber
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the president and confirmed by the Supreme Assembly
RELIGIONS
sunni majority
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The new Penal Code (1995) retains the death penalty...
The new Penal Code (1995) retains the death penalty for 13 offenses as opposed to the 30 offenses of the previous code
- JANUARY 1, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences and executions in Uzbekistan have reached...
Death sentences and executions in Uzbekistan have reached an alarmingly high number with at least 56 death sentences and 20 executions known since the beginning of 1999
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Tashkent City Court sentenced Arsen...
On November 3, Tashkent City Court sentenced Arsen Arutyunyan and Danis Sirazhev to death for murdering Laylo Aliyeva, a singer, and her 3-year-old son on May 1, 1998
- OCTOBER 28, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 28, a delegation from the Italian Senate...
On October 28, a delegation from the Italian Senate and Hands off Cain went to Uzbekistan to lobby for the resolution for a moratorium that the European Union was planning to present at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 4, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 4, three bandits, K
On August 4, three bandits, K
- JUNE 28, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 28, the Republic's Supreme Court completed...
On June 28, the Republic's Supreme Court completed proceedings, which started on June 2, on the criminal cases of 22 citizens involved in the act of terrorism carried out in Tashkent in 1999
- APRIL 1, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
In late April, Turkey extradited two Uzbek dissidents,...
In late April, Turkey extradited two Uzbek dissidents, Rustem Mametkulov and Zaynuttin Askarov, after receiving guarantees from Tashkent that the death penalty would not be demanded for them
- JANUARY 1, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The new Penal Code (1995) retains the death penalty...
The new Penal Code (1995) retains the death penalty for 13 offenses as opposed to the 30 offenses of the previous code
- JANUARY 1, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 29, 1998, the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) removed...
On August 29, 1998, the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) removed the death penalty from the Penal Code as a punishment for 5 of the above offenses: forced sex satisfaction in perverted form; breaking of laws and customs of war; making an attempt on life of the Pr
- JANUARY 1, 1999UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences and executions in Uzbekistan have reached...
Death sentences and executions in Uzbekistan have reached an alarmingly high number with at least 56 death sentences and 20 executions known since the beginning of 1999