In December last year, newly elected President of Uzbekistan Mr.
Shavkat Mirziyoev signed into law the long-awaited Act on
Countering Corruption, the development of which had been sped up at
his initiative after the death of the country's first
President. The new law makes an attempt to define the concepts
related to the subject, to systematize the measures aimed at
eradication of corruption, and to divide respective
responsibilities between security and law enforcement agencies.
The law provides for the definitions of 'corruption',
'corruption offences', and 'conflict of interests',
tending, however, to be general. Unlike some of its analogues in
other post-Soviet states, the law does not define the term
'officials' or 'employees of state bodies' and does
not list the categories of individuals that have a specifically
responsibility or limitations under the new law. It is, therefore,
the Criminal Code and related acts that have to be recoursed
to.
