LEGAL REGULATION OF COUNTERING EXTREMISM IN THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

Abstract

The article analyzes the norms of the criminal legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan that providefor liability for extremism, and reveals the problems of defining the conceptual apparatus in the new Lawof the Republic of Tajikistan “On Combating Extremism.” Awareness of the public danger of promotingnational, racial and religious hatred gradually led the legislation of Tajikistan to establish criminal liabilityfor a number of extremist acts. The research was carried out within the framework of the scientific theme ofthe Department of Criminal Law of the Faculty of Law of the Russian-Tajik (Slavonic) University “The fightagainst religious extremism in the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation: problems of theory,legislation and practice (2015–2019)”, as well as within the framework of the activities Research Center forCountering Extremism and Terrorism at the Faculty of Law of the Russian-Tajik (Slavonic) University.