Constitutional Court of Uzbekistan
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: Ўзбекистон Республикаси Конституциявий суди, Russian: Конституционный суд Республики Узбекистан) is the supreme constitutional court of Uzbekistan.[1] Its tasks include reviewing whether proposed laws conflict with the Constitution of Uzbekistan, and whether laws of the Republic of Karakalpakstan conflict with the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan.[2] Under Article 95 of the Constitution, it is also tasked with authority to approve the President of Uzbekistan's decision to dissolve the Oliy Majlis.[3] The court's decisions are final and unappealable.[4]
The court is made up of seven judges, including the chairman and deputy chairman. One of the judges must be a representative of Karakalpakstan.[4] The Senate of Uzbekistan elects the judges by majority vote, from among candidates recommended by the Supreme Judicial Council and nominated by the president.[5] They are elected to terms of five years.[6] The judges elect the chairman and deputy chairman from among themselves. The chairman of the court since 2014 (re-elected in 2017)[7] has been Mirbabaev Bakhtiyar.
The law establishing the Constitutional Court was adopted on May 6, 1993.[8] A second law was adopted in 1995, and the first judges were elected to the court in December 1995.[8] The current law on the Constitutional Court was adopted by the Supreme Assembly in 2017.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan". Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Archived from the original on 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ a b "ЎЗБЕКИСТОН РЕСПУБЛИКАСИНИНГ КОНСТИТУЦИЯВИЙ ҚОНУНИ". Ўзбекистон Республикаси Конституциявий суди (in Uzbek). 2017-05-27. Archived from the original on 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ Constitution of Uzbekistan, Article 95.
- ^ a b Constitution of Uzbekistan, Article 108.
- ^ "Composition of the Court". Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Archived from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ Trochev, Alexei; Juzgenbayev, Alisher (2023-11-10), "Instrumentalization of constitutional law in Central Asia", Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 139–168, doi:10.4337/9781800378346.00014, ISBN 978-1-80037-834-6, retrieved 2024-03-24
- ^ "Bakhtiyar Mirbabaev elected Chairman of constitutional court". UzReport.news. 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ a b B.A. Eshonov (2001). "Независимость и действенность решений Конституционного Суда Республики Узбекистан". Конституционное Правосудие (in Russian). 3 (13). Archived from the original on Jul 29, 2021.