一些干预仍在损害司法部门相对于政府其他部门的独立性(体制独立)以及法官个人公正和自主裁决案件的独立性(个人独立)。检察官保持着刑事诉讼中的突出地位，检察长的任免程序没有提供足够的保障以防止来自立法和行政权力部门的不当政治影响，这引起对整个检察部门体制独立性的极大关切。律师的短缺严重影响诉诸司法的机会，特别是在塔什干以外地区，而律师在接触当事人方面仍会遇到一些障碍，特别是在审前拘留期间。
A number of interferences continue to undermine both the independence of the judiciary from other branches of Government (institutional independence) and the independence of individual judges to adjudicate the cases before them impartially and autonomously (personal independence). Prosecutors retain a prominent role in criminal proceedings, and the procedures for the appointment and dismissal of the Prosecutor-General do not provide sufficient guarantees to prevent undue political influence from the legislative and executive branches of power, raising considerable concerns as to the institutional independence of the whole prosecution service. The shortage of lawyers severely affects access to justice, especially outside Tashkent, and lawyers continue to