The Senate approves law “On the protection of victims, witnesses and other participants in the criminal process”
14/12/2018 10:41
The Senate approves law “On the protection of victims, witnesses and other participants in the criminal process”
14/12/2018 10:41
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan approved the law “On the protection of victims, witnesses and other participants in criminal proceedings”.
The law envisages a list of protected persons, establishes a range of state bodies ensuring their protection. According to the document, the internal affairs bodies, the state security service bodies, the prosecution authorities, the courts are the bodies that make decisions on providing protection.
At the same time, it is established that the internal affairs bodies, state security service bodies, military units and higher military command structures of the Armed Forces will provide security measures, and social protection agencies and other bodies determined by the Cabinet of Ministers will provide social protection measures.
The law stipulates such security measures as ensuring the confidentiality of information about the protected person, personal protection, protection of the home and other property, issuing special personal protective equipment, temporary placement in a safe place, relocation to another place of residence, change of place of work or study, replacement of documents, restriction of access to information about the protected person.
Moreover, the rights and obligations of the protected persons to ensure personal and property security, the application of social protection measures, the application for the application of additional security measures, the appeal of decisions and actions of bodies providing protection to a higher authority are defined.
At the same time, according to the Law, the defenders are obliged to fulfill the legal requirements of the body ensuring their safety, immediately inform them of each case of threat or unlawful actions against themselves, protect the property issued for safety, do not disclose information about security measures taken against themselves . The law is approved by senators.
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