Rights and freedoms of a person shall be restricted by the criminal code only in the case and to the extent required for criminal and legal protection of defended values. For these purposes, criminal legislation of Central Asian countries sets a number of tools, among which there are general principles of sentencing. General principles of sentencing are a system of obligatory initial general rules of sentencing that ensure a court identifies appropriate type and term of criminal punishment among possible measures stipulated by a corresponding criminal sanction. Moreover, as of today the system of general rules to determine lawful, fair, and humane punitive measure, required and sufficient to achieve its goals, has not been developed. This article states writers’ conclusions and recommendations developed as a result of comparative and legal analysis of criminal legislation of Central Asian countries, which can positively affect law enforcement practice.

Key words: sentencing, general principles of sentencing, criminal legislation of Central Asian countries.

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