of September 8, 2017 No. ZRU-444
About protection of children from information doing harm to their health
Accepted by Legislative house on August 15, 2017
Approved by the Senate on August 24, 2017
The purpose of this Law is regulation of the relations in the field of protection of children from information doing harm to their health.
The legislation on protection of children from information doing harm to their health consists of this Law and other acts of the legislation.
If the international treaty of the Republic of Uzbekistan establishes other rules, than those which are stipulated by the legislation the Republic of Uzbekistan about protection of children from information doing harm to their health then are applied rules of the international treaty.
This law governs the relations connected with protection of children from information doing harm to their health.
Operation of this Law does not extend to the relations in the sphere of turnover of the information products which are containing scientific, scientific and technical, statistical information or having considerable historical, art or other cultural value for society.
In this Law the following basic concepts are applied:
information products - products of mass media intended for turnover in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, printed materials, audiovisual products on any kinds of carriers, the information distributed with use of the software, placed in networks of telecommunications, including on the world information Internet, computer games, and also information distributed by means of spectacular actions;
turnover of information products - provision and (or) distribution of information products, including its sale (including distribution on subscription), lease, hire, distribution, issue from funds of information and library organizations, public display, public performance (including by means of on-air or cable broadcasting, spectacular actions), placement in networks of telecommunications, and also on the world information Internet;
age classification of information products - distribution of information products on age categories of children taking into account its scope, genre, content and decorating, features of perception of information which is available in it by children of certain age category, probability of causing by information of harm to health of children containing in it;
sign of age category of information products - graphic and (or) text symbol of age category of information products;
children are persons before achievement of age of eighteen years (age of majority);
health of children - condition of physical, mental and social wellbeing of children;
information doing harm to health of children - information products which distribution among children is forbidden or limited according to this Law;
the expert - person who underwent accreditation at specially authorized state body for conducting examination of information products and making the expert opinion or implementation of age classification of information products.
The main directions of state policy in the field of protection of children from information doing harm to their health are:
creation legal, social and economic, organizational and the specifications providing protection of children from information doing harm to their health, and also development of scientific and applied researches in this sphere;
prevention of illegal information and psychological impact on consciousness of children, manipulations them, distribution of the information products provoking children to antisocial actions and also prevention of offenses in this sphere;
support of activities of self-government institutions of citizens, non-state non-profit organizations, other institutes of civil society, physical persons and legal entities in the field of protection of children from information doing harm to their health;
development and enhancement of criteria, mechanisms and techniques of classification of information doing harm to health of children, implementation of hardware-software and technical means of ensuring information security of children.
Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
provides realization of single state policy in the field of protection of children from information doing harm to their health;
approves state programs in the field of protection of children from information doing harm to their health;
develops and within the powers adopts regulatory legal acts in the field of protection of children from information doing harm to their health;
establishes criteria and procedure for determination of age classification of information products;
determines procedure for accreditation of experts by specially authorized state body in the field of protection of children from information doing harm to their health;
establishes procedure for conducting examination of information products;
coordinates activities of the bodies and organizations performing protection of children from information doing harm to their health;
provides interaction of the bodies and organizations performing and participating in activities for protection of children from information doing harm to their health;
performs international cooperation in the field of protection of children from information doing harm to their health.
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan can perform also other powers according to the legislation.
Enter system of the bodies and organizations performing protection of children from information doing harm to their health:
specially authorized state body in the field of protection of children from information doing harm to their health;
National commission on questions of children and commission on questions of children of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, areas and city of Tashkent, areas (cities)
;public authorities on places;
state bodies education and educational institutions;
governing bodies of the state health care system and healthcare institutions;
Agency on cases of youth of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial subdivisions.
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