Corruption crime. Some issues of punishment for it.

The United Nations Convention against corruption was ratified in Uzbekistan on 31 October 2003. On July 7, 2008 the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on joining the Convention was adopted.

The Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan also contains norms for penalties for corruption offenses. These norms include abuse of power or authority (Article 205), breaking the law of power or authority (Article 206), negligence of power (207), inertia of authority (Article 208), career fraud (Article 209), bribery (Article 210) and other norms.

Penalties for corruption crimes are also included by the decisions of the Supreme Court Plenum. For example, in Supreme Court Plenum on May 21, 2004, "On Certain Subject Matters of the Application of the Penal Liaison Offense to Economic Crimes" is shown about how penalty is imposed on them who rob others' properties by using the powers. According to Line 7, due to the fact that the second part of Article 167 of the Criminal Code is referred to as a separate qualification mark, plundering the property of another person by abuse of power is not qualified additionally by Article 205 of the Criminal Code if the intent of the guilty person is to seize the property of another person.

It should be noted that, in May 14, 2014, in prevention of corruption crime, "On introducing amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan as well as recognition of some legislative acts as null and void" was very important law. For instance, according to this law, Articles 211 and 212 of the Criminal Code, giving bribe and taking bribe have been amended. The type, amount, period of penalty imposed on the mediators in taking bribe and taking bribe alterations has been changed. The intermediaries will be also responsible for the bribe along with bribe takers.

Mastura Hamrayeva