Since the Industrial Revolution, a linear economic model based on the principle of “extraction - production - disposal” has dominated in many countries. However, the growing shortage of raw materials and energy resources, fluctuations in prices on commodity markets, environmental pollution, the growth of areas occupied by industrial waste, and massive emissions of greenhouse gases have pushed society and business to rethink the traditional economic model. The concept of a circular economy based on the “extraction-production-reuse” chain is attracting more and more attention. According to this principle, resources are used longer and waste is minimized.

Since the first days of Uzbekistan's independence, great attention has been paid to the system of social protection of the population. In our republic, at first, using the legal foundations of the former union state, national network legislation began to be formed step by step. At first, decrees of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, government decisions, then industry laws and a number of statutory documents were adopted - thus, the system of social protection of the population based on national legislation began to form.

In recent years, the state has implemented large-scale reforms in Uzbekistan on sustainable economic development, comprehensive support for entrepreneurs, protection of private property and reform of the tax system. New regulations have been adopted in this area, appropriate measures have been taken to improve the economic infrastructure, increase the country’s export potential, develop the digital economy and improve the investment climate of the territories, as well as intensify cooperation with foreign countries.

In the modern world, the leading place in the system of legal mechanisms for the protection of human rights and freedoms belongs to national human rights institutions. In global human rights practice, there is a wide variety of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, but the beginning of the process of international cooperation should be considered the adoption in Paris in 1991 of the “Principles relating to the status of national human rights institutions,” which were subsequently approved by the UN General Assembly in 1993 .

The new edition of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan is based on the “person-society-state” paradigm and has practical significance, reflecting the rights and interests of all categories - youth, women, teachers, persons with disabilities, and even those who have committed a crime.

On November 30 – December 2, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to visit the United Arab Emirates and will take part in the World Summit on Combating Climate Change, which will be held within the framework of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-28) in Dubai.

Reforming society, aimed at comprehensive modernization and socio-economic breakthrough, cannot be imagined without liberalization and the formation of an effective system for the protection of human rights and freedoms. And it is quite natural that in the reforms of Uzbekistan, much attention is paid to the democratization of all aspects of social life. One of the steps towards achieving these goals was constitutional reform.

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Climate change is one of the most serious threats to sustainable development and human well-being in the 21st century. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the average global surface temperature has increased by 1.1°C compared to pre-industrial times, and the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has reached record levels.

According to the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, over the past few years our country has undergone an accelerated economic transformation and is increasingly appearing in the international community as one of the symbols of openness, innovation and determination in removing various kinds of barriers to business and investment. At the same time, world practice and experience show that the problems that hinder the investment and innovation activity of business can no longer be solved by simple tools - the provision of preferences or the publication of new declarative norms.