Khalmuminov Zh.T., Narzullaev O.Kh. Peculiarities of criminal responsibility in the environmental sphere

Abstract: The article considers the peculiarities of criminal responsibility in the environmental sphere and criminal responsibility for the violation of environmental law. It contains the authors’ proposals about the improvement of environmental and criminal legislation. At present, the issues of responsibility in the environmental sphere are one of the strategic directions of activities aimed at the protection from environmental degradation, depletion of natural resources, at citizens’ health protection and ecological safety of the state. Environmental responsibility has formed as an independent institution within the legal aspect of ecology, but for its appropriate functioning it is necessary to achieve the effective correlation of methods of impact and measures of environmentally friendly behavior of citizens. The research methodology is based on dialectics, abstraction, analysis, synthesis, deduction, the formal-legal, comparative-legal and statistical methods and the method of intersectoral legal studies. The development, propaganda and practical application of agreements in the sphere of environmental problems and environmental protection is our duty, which should be based on integration. The efforts of different specialists of Central Asian states should be united. It is very important to integrate scientific cooperation and extend the educational space, enhance the cooperation between law enforcement agencies and customs, tax and other ministries and institutions in the sphere of environment. 

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