The judicial system of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The court is the only state body of power that administers justice: judges issue rulings and verdicts in the name of the state, and they are binding on everyone, including state bodies. The courts’ main task is to protect human rights and freedoms and organisations’ lawful interests and to ensure the rule of law and justice. In Uzbekistan the court system includes the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the courts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and Tashkent city, and district (city) courts; by type of case they specialise as civil, criminal, economic and administrative courts, and there are also military courts. Extraordinary courts may not be created. The court that first considers a case is the court of first instance; its decision can be appealed to a higher court through appeal or cassation. The Constitutional Court does not hear cases between specific persons but the conformity of acts with the Constitution. Proceedings are conducted in the state language, in Karakalpak or in the language most people in the area speak, and an interpreter is given to a participant who does not know it.