A series of legislative changes and other measures take effect in Uzbekistan on October 1, 2026. This overview draws on reporting by Gazeta.uz, the Ministry of Justice and the legislative database.

Uzbekistan opened 445 criminal cases over the rape of children under 14 between 2022 and 2025, according to figures presented at the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis on September 29 by Gulrukh Agzamova, chair of the Committee on Democratic Institutions and Civil Society Development.

The director of a preschool education institution in Nukus and her deputy have been detained on suspicion of taking 20 million soums in exchange for hiring a person as a speech therapist. A criminal case has been opened on bribery charges.

Uzbekistan is moving to toughen punishment for the gravest sexual crimes against children, including life imprisonment for the rape of a child under 14. The Legislative Chamber approved the relevant bill in first reading today.

From 6 to 10 September 2026, at the initiative of the Embassy of the State of Israel in the Republic of Uzbekistan, a group of Uzbek specialists working in water resource management and water conservation visited Israel as part of an exchange programme focused on modern approaches to water resource management, water-saving technologies and innovative solutions.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed Rewarding the winners and participants of the 46th World Chess Olympiad and the 3rd Para Chess Olympiad decree Monday.

Uzbekistan is considering changes to how cases of sexual harassment involving minors are handled. MPs from the Adolat and Milliy Tiklanish party groups in the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis discussed the relevant bill Monday.

Borijar Street in Rakatboshi neighborhood of Tashkent's Yakkasaray district has been renamed Beijing Street, according to the Sept. 25 decision by the Tashkent City Council of People's Deputies.

Uzbekistan will host the 16th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in 2031, said Saida Mirziyoyeva, head of the Presidential Administration, who is attending the 15th congress now under way in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The decision is also written into the Abu Dhabi Declaration adopted by participants.

A dedicated mobile app for buying suburban train tickets has been developed in Uzbekistan, the press service of Uztemiryolyolovchi, the government body responsible for passenger rail services said.

One person has been killed in a road accident involving a traffic police inspector in Zomin District, Jizzakh Province.

Uzbekistan will launch a Pension mobile app, Pension Fund director Murodbek Otajonov said at a news conference on Sept. 25.

Rain is forecast for several provinces of Uzbekistan this working week, with snow possible in the high mountains, the state weather service Uzhydromet said.

A motorcyclist has died in Tashkent after colliding with a truck and a passenger car, the Road Traffic Safety Department of the Tashkent city Police department said.

A suspect has been detained in Fergana on suspicion of illegally trading large volumes of cryptocurrency and misappropriating donations raised for seriously ill people, the Interior Ministry's Department for Combating Cybercrime said.

Tashkent will raise the maximum public transport fare for passengers paying electronically, by bank card, transit card or mobile app, from 1,700 to 2,500 soums starting Oct. 1. The cash fare will remain at 3,000 soums, and carrying luggage will cost 4,000 soums.

Uzbekistan has risen to third place among countries sending students to study in South Korea. According to data from South Korea's Ministry of Education and the Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI), 20,876 Uzbek students were enrolled in the country as of April 1, 2026, accounting for 6.8 percent of all foreign students there.

In accordance with a March 24, 2026 decree issued by the President Mirziyoyev, an open tender has been announced to place a number of the country's professional football clubs under trust management.

Sixty-two students from School No. 51 in the Guzor district of Kashkadarya province were hospitalized on September 23 showing signs of poisoning after a chemical was sprayed on a nearby agricultural field.

Davud Ansari (Kozimjon Gafurov), an Uzbekistan-born U.S. citizen, was extradited to the United States from Tbilisi, Georgia, on September 23, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. He faces charges of providing material support to terrorist organizations and criminal conspiracy.