Uzbekistan combats corruption based on international standards

One of the first acts that consolidated the legal foundations of the anti-corruption policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the law “On Combating Corruption”, adopted on January 3, 2017.

Today, citizens of Uzbekistan directly experience rapid changes in the political, legal, and socio-economic life of our country, the formation of new relations in society, and new opportunities. It is noteworthy that such fundamental democratic concepts and values as “human rights and freedoms”, “rule of law”, “openness and transparency”, “freedom of speech”, “public control”, “inviolability of private property”, “freedom of economic activity”, become the reality of our lives. Since 2017, we have been following the course of creating effective anti-corruption mechanisms; we have consistently pursued an anti-corruption policy based on international standards.

International standards such as the priority of preventing corruption, public control, openness of government agencies, transparency of government procurement and other budgetary processes, financial control, digitalization of public services, regulation of conflicts of interest, and compliance control in combating corruption, are reflected in several legal acts.

In Uzbekistan, since 2017, to ensure consistency in anti-corruption measures, the practice of adopting state programs designed for every 2 years (2017-2018, 2019-2020, 2021-2022) has been introduced.

(The article is given in Russian)