Ёш шарқшуносларнинг академик Убайдулла Каримов номидаги ХI илмий-амалий конференцияси

The Activity of the Constitutional Commission

• The Constitutional Commission held its first meeting on April 12, 1991. A working group of 32 people, including members of the Constitutional Commission, leading experts and scientists, was created to coordinate all the organizational and creative processes associated with the draft constitution. As well as, six small groups were organized to prepare each part of the constitution.
• The Chair of the Constitutional Commission has assigned the following tasks to the working group:

- study the experience of constitutional development in the world;

- take into account the achievements of other countries in human rights, democracy and legislation;

- to create political-legal documents that are open to the public.

• According to the task, the constitutions of world countries such as US, France, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Italy, Spain, Greece, and Turkey were examined
• Amir Temur's important counsels on the management of the state that described in his ‘The Code of Timur’ were also taken into consideration.

Versions of the Constitution

• The initial version of the project was prepared in October-November 1991. The constitution contained 158 articles divided into six parts. The first project was far from the level of perfection. It needed more improvement.
• In the spring of 1992, the second version of the project was developed with 149 articles. With the participation of the President of the country, a next meeting of the Constitutional Commission was held. It has tried to reflect the historical, national and spiritual aspects of the Uzbek people as much as possible.
• The draft of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan was announced and published in mass media for public discussion on September 26, 1992, following the decision of the Constitutional Commission.

Results of Public Discussion

• The general vote lasted three months. It was attended by all elderly people of different nationalities and ethnicities living in the country.
• Over 6,000 suggestions and comments were made during the referendum. Of 60 articles out of 127, corrected and clarified. Four articles were released from the original version and several new articles were added to the text.
• Many of the suggestions and thoughts were related to articles, chapters and parts dedicated to the rights and duties of citizens, personal immunity, the role and importance of religion in society, economic rights, including property rights, market relations and the constitutional foundations of law and order.
• The meeting of Constitutional Commission on December 7, 1992, the President proposed to include articles on the equality of men and women, as well as the protection of cultural monuments into the draft constitution.
• As a result, the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan adopted on December 8, 1992 at the eleventh session of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan of the Twelfth convocation.