Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 29 May 2021, at the fifteenth plenary meeting of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, senators discussed the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the State Security Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan".

As noted at the meeting, the need for the adoption of the Law is justified by the following factors:

firstly, the activities of the State Security Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, created in January 2018, are regulated by closed decrees of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, there are no open regulatory acts;

secondly, the State Security Service of the President is a specially authorized body that carries out a range of legal, organizational, security, security, operational-search, engineering and other measures in order to ensure the safety of protected persons.

At the same time, certain aspects of the operational activities of the State Security Service of the President directly affect the rights and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities.

In particular, the State Security Service of the President in the process of fulfilling the tasks assigned to it, pursuing the interests of protected persons, restricts free movement in places of security measures, the construction and reconstruction of various objects nearby and in the directions of movement and at the sites of stay of protected persons, labor activity and other actions of organizations directly involved in servicing protected persons and objects of their stay;

thirdly, there is no clear procedure for the use of firearms in the performance of official duties by military personnel of the State Security Service of the President, other employees of law enforcement agencies and law enforcement agencies involved in ensuring the safety of protected persons.

In this regard, the Law provides for the regulation of the following issues:

- generally accepted concepts and terms used in the field of ensuring the safety of protected persons, the principles of this type of activity in order to clarify and correctly apply their content;

- the category of protected persons, the protection of which is established;

- status, main tasks, rights and obligations of the State Security Service of the President, issues of cooperation with other state bodies in the field of ensuring the security of protected persons;

- the procedure for recruiting the personnel of the State Security Service of the President, the status, rights and obligations of military personnel;

- the specifics of active military service by employees of the State Security Service of the President, the assignment of military ranks to them and the organization of their professional training;

- guarantees of legal and social protection of employees of the State Security Service of the President;

- issues of providing servicemen of the State Security Service of the President with service certificates, tokens and military uniforms;

- detailed conditions and procedure for the use of physical force, special means, edged weapons or firearms by employees of the State Security Service of the President;

- the procedure for monitoring the activities of the State Security Service of the President.

The law will contribute to the improvement of the legal framework of the State Security Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, bringing them in line with the current legislation and the reforms carried out in the country in all areas.

The law was approved by the senators.