Article 44 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan guarantees everyone the right to complain to a court of any unlawful actions of state bodies, officials and public associations.

According to Article 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Uzbekistan, "any interested person has the right according to the procedure, established by the law, to take a legal action behind protection of the violated or challenged right or the interest protected by the law".

This manual has been prepared in accordance with the applicable legislation on courts of Uzbekistan, procedures for individual court applications; proceedings in the civil courts; decisions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as other legal acts. A simplified language is used in the manual for better public access and understanding.