Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Uzbekistan

Efficiency of process

The judicial system of Uzbekistan belongs to a family of continental legal systems. It consists of specialised courts and is regulated by rules comprehensively codified in written legislative documents, which are easily accessible to citizens and lawyers within and outside of Uzbekistan.

The main legal documents regulating the judicial system are the Constitution, the Law on Courts, the Law on Arbitration Courts and the Law on Enforcement of Judicial Decisions and Decisions of Other Authorities. The main document regulating the judicial process in the business area is the Economic Procedural Code of Uzbekistan. All legal documents are available in Uzbek and Russian languages and are publicly available through official publications and electronic (internet) sources. The official source is www.lex.uz – a national database of Uzbek legislation administered by the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan. The database is available free of charge in Uzbek