INSTITUTE OF RECONCILIATION IS AN IMPORTANT SIGN OF THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF CRIMINAL LEGISLATION
Abstract
Article 66<sup>1</sup> of the Criminal Code (Exemption from criminal liability in connection with reconciliation) and Chapter 62 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Proceedings on reconciliation cases) were introduced by Law No. 254-II of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 29, 2001. This case is at the stage of proceedings before the court, and the volume of work in the courts has been reduced, an opportunity has been created to give greater importance to criminal cases of a more serious category, and excessive preoccupation of persons who are not interested in the criminal case has been prevented. On the other hand, the institution of reconciliation can be seen as an alternative measure to criminal punishment. At present, not only in Uzbekistan, but also in many countries of the world, it can be seen that the tendency to liberalize criminal-legal measures, limiting criminal punishment relatively, is increasing. Nowadays, improving the institution of reconciliation, studying the possibilities of its wider application remains the demand of the time. Currently, the problems related to the institution of reconciliation are mainly the problems related to the uncertainties in the criminal legal framework and the problems related to the expansion of the application of the institution of reconciliation. In particular, it is possible to include the extent to which the perpetrator confessed to the crime, the consent of the civil plaintiff as well as the victim to reconciliation, the extent to which damages are compensated, including cases where the victim refused to compensate for damages, and the fact that reconciliation has become a means of avoiding responsibility by some persons. Based on the scientific study, it is necessary to study the possibilities of applying reconciliation for less serious crimes, as well as for some serious crimes, taking into account the identity of the culprit.