PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of November 24, 2025 No. UP-227

About measures for increase in efficiency and openness of activities of bodies of judicial community, and also further strengthening of guarantees of judicial independence

For the purpose of radical increase in role of bodies of judicial community in the country, completions of judicial authorities by qualified personnel on the basis of open and transparent procedures, effective providing the right of the population to judicial protection, strengthenings of guarantees of judicial independence, and also according to the tasks determined in Strategy "Uzbekistan - 2030", I decide:

I. Purposes

1. Determine the priority purposes of ensuring authentic independence of judicial authority, increase in efficiency of activities of bodies of judicial community:

(a) ensuring widespread introduction of the principle of judicial self-government and the advanced international standards of judicial independence in activities of bodies of judicial community;

(b) enhancement of procedure for forming of the judicial case, increase in role and accurate determination of the sphere of responsibility of bodies of judicial community in this process;

(c) ensuring openness in activities of bodies of judicial community, implementation of transparent procedure for candidate screen in the judge;

(d) finishing share of women of judges at least to 30 percent by expansion of opportunities of ensuring gender equality in judicial system.

II. Implementation of the advanced standards of judicial independence and enhancement of activities of bodies of judicial community

2. Agree with the following offers of the Supreme judicial council (further - Council) on implementation in the legislation of the principle of irremovability of the judge providing:

(a) cancellation of procedure for appointment (election) of judges for the next ten-year term and establishment of procedure for appointment (election) of candidates for positions of judges originally for five-year term, and in subsequent - for the termless period;

(b) establishment of procedure for the choice of candidates for positions of the chairman and the vice-chairman of interdistrict, district and city courts among judges by open tender on the basis of specific criteria;

(c) determination at the level of the law of accurate criteria of such requirements, as "honesty", "competence" and "observance of ethical rules of judges", in case of assessment of professional activity of judges.

3. Approve the following offers of Council and Supreme Court on further enhancement of procedure for forming of structure of Council by increase in participation of bodies of judicial community providing:

(a) the recommendation of candidates for position of the judges of Council performing activities on permanent basis, qualification boards of judges of the relevant court. At the same time candidates for the judges performing activities as the judge at least 7 years can be proposed for positions of the judges of Council performing activities on permanent basis, as a rule;

(b) the recommendation of candidates for the list of the members of council performing activities on a voluntary basis, the scientific and highest educational organizations in the field of the right, institutes of civil society.

4. To council together with the Supreme Court to introduce the draft of the regulatory legal act providing changes and amendments in the legislation on implementation of procedure for forming of list of the judges of Council performing activities on permanent basis from among judges of the following courts to three-months time:

(a) The Supreme Court - two judges;

(b) courts of regional level - seven judges;

(c) interdistrict, district, city courts - four judges.

5. Agree with the offer of Council for implementation in the legislation of the procedure providing submission of the conclusions on candidates for judicial positions by the following bodies of judicial community:

(a) qualification boards of judges - on candidates for positions of judges of public vessels, courts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, areas and the city of Tashkent, administrative courts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, areas and the city of Tashkent, chairmen, vice-chairmen and judges of territorial public courts, interdistrict, district, city courts;

(b) The highest qualification board of judges - on candidates for positions of judges of the Supreme Court, chairmen and vice-chairmen of courts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, areas and the city of Tashkent, administrative courts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, areas and the city of Tashkent, Military court of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

6. Approve the offer of Council and Supreme Court on cancellation of procedure for carrying out joint sitting of Council and the Highest qualification board of judges for the purpose of increase in independence of bodies of judicial community.

7. Confer to the chairman of the board the following powers, proceeding from its constitutional status:

(a) to bring ideas of review of relevant decisions of qualification boards in case of identification of the unreasonable termination of disciplinary case or discrepancy of the appointed authority punishment to the offense made by the judge in case of violation of regulations of the Code of judicial ethics or assumption of conflict of interest by judges;

(b) to independently approve structure and the staff list of Council within the established number of established posts.

8. Determine that drafts of regulatory legal acts on the questions carried to powers of Council are approved by the ministries and departments with Council without fail.

III. Increase in level of openness of activities of bodies of judicial community and enhancement of judicial management

9. Implement till December 15, 2025 practice of publication on the official website of Council of data on:

(a) to the vacant leading and higher judicial positions in system of courts, and also to tendering procedure on their substitution;

(b) to all stages of selection process and appointment of candidates for judicial positions in system of courts, including the leading and higher judicial positions.

10. For the purpose of widespread introduction of modern digital technologies in activities of Council, digitalization of processes of studying and candidate screen to judicial positions:

(a) to provide complete integration of the Interdepartmental integration platform of the Digital Government system with information system of Council for the purpose of the termination of practice of reclamation of excessive data from candidates for judicial positions;

(b) to implement possibilities of use of artificial intelligence in case of efficiency evaluation of activities of judges;

(c) to take measures for enhancement of the electronic program helping assessment of professionalism of the judge on the basis of psychological portrait of candidates for judicial positions and judges;

(d) to implement digital technologies in processes of holding closed ballot and decision making at meetings of Council.

11. For the purpose of increase in efficiency and implementation of modern digital technologies in activities of Council to allocate in addition 4 established posts financed by the Government budget.

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