MODERN ISSUES OF LEGAL REGULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXTRADITION INSTITUTION IN THE CRIMINAL PROCESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

Abstract

In the context of intensifying transnational crime and expanding international cooperation in the criminal-legal sphere, the institution of extradition is acquiring special significance as one of the key mechanisms for implementing the principle of the inevitability of criminal liability and ensuring international legal assistance. The purpose of this study is to comprehensively analyze the theoretical, legal, and procedural aspects of extradition in the criminal process of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing mechanism for its implementation. The work employs systematic, comparative-legal, and formal-legal research methods, through which the norms of national legislation, international treaties, judicial practice, and foreign experience in regulating extradition relations are studied. As a result of the study, current problems in the legal regulation of extradition in the Republic of Uzbekistan were identified, certain gaps in the procedural mechanism for extraditing persons were identified, and proposals were developed aimed at improving legislation, developing judicial control, and strengthening human rights protection guarantees in extradition proceedings.