Article 11. Legal expertize of a draft international treaty or text of a multilateral international treaty to which the Republic of Uzbekistan intends to become a party

The draft international treaty or the text of a multilateral international treaty to which the Republic of Uzbekistan intends to become a party is subject to mandatory legal expertize at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan after elaboration in expert level.

In the course of the legal expertize, the conformity of the draft international treaty or the text of the multilateral international treaty to which the Republic of Uzbekistan intends to become a party is checked:

generally recognized principles and norms of international law;

international obligations arising from other international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

to the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of foreign policy activity;

requirements of legal technology and practice of drawing up international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

To conduct a legal expertize, the following should be submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

a draft international treaty or the text of a multilateral international treaty to which the Republic of Uzbekistan intends to become a party, in the state language or, if necessary, in another language;

explanatory note in accordance with the requirements of Article 9 of this Law;

information on the results of elaboration in expert level with interested state bodies, including the results of a legal expertize of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in the form of a comparative table.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan has the right to request other necessary materials related to the subject of the issue.