LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of September 14, 2016 No. ZRU-406

About the state youth policy

Accepted by Legislative house on August 12, 2016

Approved by the Senate on August 24, 2016

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Purpose of this Law

The purpose of this Law is regulation of the relations in the field of the state youth policy.

Article 2. Legislation on the state youth policy

The legislation on the state youth policy 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 the state youth policy then are applied rules of the international treaty.

Article 3. Basic concepts

In this Law the following basic concepts are applied:

the state youth policy - system of the social and economic, organizational and legal measures performed by the state and providing creation of conditions for social formation and development of intellectual, creative and other potential of youth;

youth (young citizens) - persons aged from fourteen up to thirty years inclusive;

the young family - family in which the age of both spouses does not exceed thirty years inclusive or family in which children (child) are raised by one parent aged is not more senior than thirty years inclusive, including divorced (divorced), the widower (widow);

the young specialist - the worker aged up to thirty years inclusive, the graduate of the highest or average special, professional educational institution who went to work on the profession within three years after the termination of educational institution and working no more than three years in the specialty specified in the education document;

youth entrepreneurship - the business activity performed by young citizens without formation of legal entity and also legal entities whose founders are young citizens.

Article 4. Basic principles of the state youth policy

The basic principles of the state youth policy are:

openness and transparency;

participation of youth in realization of the state youth policy;

support and stimulation of youth initiatives;

priority of cultural, moral and cultural values;

non-admission of discrimination of youth.

Article 5. Main directions of the state youth policy

The main directions of the state youth policy are:

providing rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of youth;

protection of life and health of youth;

assistance to spiritual, intellectual, physical and moral development of youth;

providing for youth of available and quality education;

creation of conditions for employment and employment of youth;

education of youth in the spirit of patriotism, civic consciousness, tolerance, respect for the laws, national and universal values, capable to resist to adverse effects and currents, with strong beliefs and outlooks on life;

protection of youth against the actions leading to blasting moral principles, the ideas of terrorism and religious extremism, separatism, fundamentalism, cult of violence and cruelty;

increase in level of legal consciousness and legal culture of youth;

support and stimulation of gifted and talented youth;

creation of conditions for development of youth entrepreneurship;

forming at youth of aspiration to healthy lifestyle, and also creation of conditions for the organization of substantial leisure of youth and mass development of youth sport;

realization of complex system of measures for moral and material support of young families, to creation for them worthy housing and social conditions;

development of cooperation with the international organizations performing activities in the sphere of realization of the rights and freedoms of youth.

Article 6. The state, territorial and other programs in the field of the state youth policy

The state youth policy can be performed on the basis of the state, territorial and other programs.

The state, territorial and other programs are developed and implemented for the purpose of creation of the necessary conditions providing social support of youth, protection and realization of the personal, political, economic, social and cultural rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of young citizens, increases in their role and activity in public life, education of the healthy and harmoniously developed younger generation.

Chapter 2. The bodies and organizations performing and participating in realization of the state youth policy

Article 7. Powers of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of the state youth policy

Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

provides realization of the state youth policy;

provides development and implementation of state programs in the field of the state youth policy;

develops and adopts the regulatory legal acts directed to realization of the state youth policy;

coordinates activities of the bodies and organizations performing and participating in realization of the state youth policy within the powers;

will organize generalization and the analysis of the course of realization of the state youth policy and takes measures for its further enhancement;

provides interaction of state bodies and organizations, non-state non-profit organizations and other institutes of civil society concerning realization of the state youth policy;

performs international cooperation in the field of the state youth policy.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan can perform also other powers according to the legislation.