Uzbekistan · Courts
Court structure of Uzbekistan
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Constitutional — Constitutional Court of Uzbekistan
- Reviews constitutionality and interprets the Constitution.
- Final appellate — Supreme Court of Uzbekistan
- Highest court in civil, criminal, economic and administrative matters after the 2017 merger of the economic court hierarchy.
- Appellate — Regional courts and the Supreme Court of Karakalpakstan
- Appeal and cassation instances at regional level.
- First instance — District and city courts
- General jurisdiction, with separate economic and administrative benches.
- Specialist — Administrative courts
- Created in 2017 to hear disputes between citizens and the state.
Every court in the hierarchy
- constitutionalTashkentConstitutional Court of UzbekistanReview of the constitutionality of statutes, presidential decrees and government acts, and interpretation of the Constitution.
- supremeTashkentSupreme Court of UzbekistanCassation review in civil, criminal, economic and administrative matters, and supervision of the lower courts.
- appellateRegional centres and TashkentRegional and Tashkent City CourtsAppeals from district and city courts, and first-instance jurisdiction over serious criminal and higher-value civil matters.
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