@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:02001564, author = {GAFUROV, Askar}, journal = {Nagoya University Asian Law Bulletin}, month = {Mar}, note = {This article looks into potential ways to improve constitutional control and increase its effectiveness. The research subject focuses on the legislative foundations of constitutional justice in Uzbekistan, particularly on the essence of constitutional control and legal mechanisms of its implementation. The article indicates the disadvantages and problems of the implementation of constitutional control in Uzbekistan. Author notes that the constitutional control of Uzbekistan is rooted in the European model of constitutional justice, but it needs further improvement of its mechanism. In order to analyze the current condition, the author briefly shows the formation history of constitutional control. Analysis of the current state results in the following observations; First, Constitutional Court needs to improve its legal framework and the practice of exercising constitutional control. Second, the absence of the constitutional complaint makes constitutional review ineffective. This paper also examines the possibility of introducing a constitutional complaint that would grant citizens and legal entities the right to apply to the Constitutional Court. The author claims that careful consideration of foreign experience is of particular importance while introducing a constitutional complaint. The article describes the specifics of constitutional complaint’s application. It proposes an individual complaint’s admissibility after a lower-level court has issued a judgement in a case dealing with allegedly violated citizens’ constitutional rights. The author recommends a preliminary examination of citizens and legal entities complaints and a specific time limit for lodging complaint. It is proposed to abandon the preliminary questioning practice by judges of the Constitutional Court and authorize the Court’s structural divisions to analyze complaints and verify their admissibility. Mentioned novelties aim to improve constitutional control, increase its effectiveness in ensuring constitutional legality and protecting citizens’ fundamental rights and freedoms. Thus, the proposed adoption of the new constitutional law on Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the new edition will strengthen constitutional control, constitutional legality, improve constitutional proceedings, and, ultimately, effectively protect citizens’ rights and freedoms. Conclusion sheds light on reasons for constitutional control’s ineffectiveness and offers proposals for its improvement in the form of a constitutional complaint, and its admissibility criteria.}, pages = {109--120}, title = {Constitutional Control in Uzbekistan : Current State and Development Perspective}, volume = {6}, year = {2021} }