Author: Haydarov, Jaloliddin Hamza o’g’li

Annotation: This article lays down the grounds for criminalization in the Criminal Code, which considers torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to be a socially dangerous act. The purpose of preventing the commission of crimes related to torture, as well as the protection of objects that should be protected by criminal law from the commission of socially dangerous acts by including them in criminal law. The article clearly shows that the issue of responsibility for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is one of the topics that is still neglected by the legal system of our country, and the existing norm in criminal law is still in force. The article analyzes the theoretical basis for the use of torture and other cruel treatment, as well as offers and practical recommendations for improving the legislation governing this area.

Keywords: Torture, criminalization, socially dangerous behavior, object of crime, social relations related to torture.