Abstract
The article covers the development of the institution of the provision of the witness's rights and lawful interests, the usual problems arising under the current legislation. In recent history of Uzbekistan there were several legal monuments which regulating relations in the criminal justice system, they play a special role in the administration of justice in the country. Their historical significance has served to promote public awareness of world-class procedural and legal institutions and the formation of perceptions in the field of justice and criminal practice as well as law enforcement practice.
The existing legal sources in criminal law were the laws prepared and put into practice by the Bolshevik political ideology that came to the cause of the government coup in the Russian Empire in the 17th century. In general, during the Soviet period, criminal procedure codes were received and practiced four times in the area of Uzbekistan. The author reveals the criminal procedure aspects that directly influence the protection of the witness's rights and lawful interests.
KEY WORDS: history, witness, rights and duties, status, institute, features, practice, national and foreign experience, criminal process, formation, analysis.