On August 8, 2005 the President of Uzbekistan signed the Decree ?On Transferring to Courts the Right to Issue Sanctions for Arrest?.

The provision of the efficient protection of human constitutional rights and freedoms, above all the right for protection from unfounded criminal prosecution and interference in one?s private life, personal immunity as well as the right for fair trial is the most important tasks of the ongoing judicial reform in Uzbekistan.

On 28-29 July 2005, UNHCR structures in Kyrgyzstan, in violation of all procedures and norms of international law and decisions of UNO, carried out a so-called humanitarian evacuation from the territory of Kyrgyzstan of some 440 citizens of Uzbekistan, which crossed the border during the tragic events in Andijan on 12-13 May and stayed on the territory of Kyrgyzstan.