On April 27 at 14:00 at the meeting of the Scientific Council DSc.07 / 13.05.2020.Yu.22.03 at Tashkent State University of Law, a dissertation will be defended for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in law by Kolenko Evgeny Vyacheslavovich, an independent researcher of Tashkent State University of Law, in the specialty 12.00.08. - Criminal law. Criminology. Penitentiary law on the topic "Responsibility for taking a bribe: prospects for improving the criminal legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, taking into account international standards."