CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
(Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1993, No. 1, art.4, 1994,
No. 1, art. 5; Bulletin of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2003, No. 3-4, art. 27;
Bulletin of Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2007, No. 4, art. 162;
2008, No. 12, art. 637, 2011, No. 4, art. 100; No. 12/1, art. 343; 2014, No. 4, art. 85)
PREAMBLE
The people of Uzbekistan,
solemnly declaring their adherence to human rights
and principles of state
sovereignty,
being aware of their ultimate responsibility to
the present and the future
generations,
relying on historical experience in the development of the Uzbek statehood,
affirming their commitment to the ideals of democracy and social justice,
recognizing priority of the generally accepted norms of the international law,
aspiring to a worthy life for
the citizens of the Republic,
setting forth the task of creating a humane and democratic
law-governed state,
aiming to ensure civil peace and national accord,
adopt in the person of their plenipotentiary
representatives the present
Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
PART ONE
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter I
STATE SOVEREIGNTY
Article 1
.
Uzbekistan is a sovereign democratic republic. Both names of the state
“the Republic of Uzbekistan” and “Uzbekistan” shall be equivalent.
Article 2
. The state shall express the will of the people and serve their interests.
State bodies and officials shall be accountable to the society and citizens.
Article 3
. The Republic of Uzbekistan shall determine
its national-state and
administrative-territorial structure, its structure of state authority and administration, and
shall pursue its home and foreign policies.
The state boundary and the territory of Uzbekistan shall be inviolable and
indivisible.
