Editorial. Improvements in Electoral Legislation in the Context of Ensuring Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms
Abstract
Elections are a constitutional tenet of democracy, and democracy is the expression of the power of the people; it is the will of the people; it is the realization of rights of everyone to elect and be elected to representative bodies of state power. Free elections held on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage via secret ballot are an integral part of a democratic state governed by the rule of law. As part of the Strategy of Action across five priority areas for development of Uzbekistan over the period 2017–2021, extensive work is being done in the country to ensure the protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and freedoms of citizens and to implement the most important constitutional principle proclaiming, „the ultimate value is the human being, human life, freedom, honor, dignity and other inalienable rights”.