The Uzbek Journal of Law and Digital Policy (UJLDP) Volume 4 Issue 4 (2026) · pp. 1-21
Proactive Prosecutorial Oversight for Ensuring the Rule of Law in State Administration through a Risk-Based Model
Burkhanova, Gulrukh
Abstract
This study examines the legal and institutional foundations of prosecutorial supervision over the activities of state administration bodies in the Republic of Uzbekistan and analyzes the ongoing transition from a traditionally reactive model of oversight to a proactive, risk-based model. Reactive supervision, historically the dominant mode of prosecutorial activity, is triggered only by an already-committed violation or a complaint, and consequently intervenes after harm to legality has occurred. The article argues that ensuring the rule of law in public administration increasingly requires the prosecutor's office to identify and address the causes and conditions conducive to violations before they materialize. Drawing on the constitutional and statutory framework governing prosecutorial supervision, recent national policy on the digitalization of oversight, and the international theoretical literature on responsive and risk-based regulation, the study maps the existing normative basis for proactive prosecutorial activity, identifies the gaps separating current policy from a coherent risk-based methodology, and advances proposals for a legally codified model accompanied by procedural safeguards against arbitrary interference in the activities of state bodies.
Prosecutor’s OfficeRule of LawProactive SupervisionRisk-Based ApproachPublic AdministrationLegalityDigital Prosecutor’s Office
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