Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- At the forty-sixth plenary meeting of the Senate, the Law “On Probation” was considered.

It was noted that in recent years, the country’s probation service has been established, taking into account advanced foreign experience and international standards.

The probation service carries out measures aimed at preventing offenses and eliminating them, identifying and eliminating the causes of offenses and the conditions that make it possible to commit them.

So, if in 2021 persons under probation supervision committed 1086 crimes, then in 2022 - 845, and for 9 months of 2023 - 353.

At the same time, today the absence of a single legal act regulating court-ordered correctional labor, restriction of freedom, deprivation of certain rights and the execution of sentences in the form of compulsory community service, as well as monitoring the behavior of persons on probation and early release from serving their sentences, creates a legal vacuum and in some cases leads to contradictions.

Therefore, the Law regulates relations in the field of probation, including the basic concepts of the probation system, the legal status of persons under probation, the procedure for applying forms of probation supervision and social adaptation, criteria for assessing the behavior of persons under probation supervision, issues of using electronic tracking tools in regarding them.

In particular, the powers of the Government, local executive authorities and the Department of Public Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the field of probation are clearly defined.

The entities that assist in probation supervision include labor authorities, government health care authorities and health care institutions, the Committee for Family and Women and its territorial divisions, republican executive authorities in the field of education and educational organizations, and the Agency for Youth Affairs.

It also regulates activities aimed at making persons under probation supervision full members of society by providing them with social, legal, medical, psychological assistance, assistance in their education, vocational training and employment.

Provision is made for the provision of social and legal assistance to persons under probation supervision, including on social and legal issues that are not within the authority of district (city) probation departments; social and legal assistance is provided by government agencies.

In addition, the procedure for using and removing an electronic monitoring device (electronic bracelet) and using it to monitor the behavior of persons under probation supervision is determined.

Thus, an electronic tracking device (electronic bracelet) cannot be used on persons under the age of eighteen, pregnant women, women with children under the age of three, persons with disabilities of the first and second groups, and other persons who, for medical reasons, are not recommended to wear electronic tracking device (electronic bracelet).

The senators noted that the adoption of this Law serves to overcome legal gaps and contradictions in the probation system, implement international standards and best foreign experience, taking into account national characteristics and conditions, as well as eliminate problems arising in probation practice.

The law was approved by senators.