How are the rulings of foreign courts enforced in Uzbekistan?

The Criminal Procedure Code is supplemented by Chapter 66, which regulates the procedure for:

• recognition and enforcement of a court decision from a foreign state;
• the acceptance and transfer to a foreign state of a person:
• convicted and serving a prison sentence, for further serving of the sentence;
• subject to a compulsory medical measure, for further undergoing compulsory treatment.

In accordance with the procedures established by the CPC and in accordance with international treaties, a court decision from a foreign state may be recognized and enforced in Uzbekistan in cases of:

• the acceptance of a citizen of Uzbekistan, convicted and serving a prison sentence in a foreign country, for further serving of the sentence in Uzbekistan;
• the acceptance of a citizen of Uzbekistan who committed a socially dangerous act in a foreign country while being insane or who developed a mental disorder after the act, for whom there is a court decision from a foreign state applying a compulsory medical measure, for undergoing compulsory treatment in Uzbekistan;
• the extradition by a foreign state to Uzbekistan of a person who has been convicted by a foreign court and has not served their sentence;
• the refusal to extradite a citizen of Uzbekistan, convicted by a foreign court;
• in other cases provided for by international treaties.

The document has been published in the National Database of Legislation and came into force on December 5, 2024, reports “Norma.”