To participate in the consideration of the 4th national report of Uzbekistan, a delegation of the country headed by the First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, Director of the National Center for Human Rights Akmal Saidov was in Geneva on November 8-10 this year.
Uzbekistan is one of the 14 States reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its session from 6 to 17 November 2023. The first, second and third UPR reviews in Uzbekistan took place in December 2008, April 2013 and May 2018, respectively.
Representatives of 84 countries spoke on the report of Uzbekistan. Almost all the delegations who spoke positively assessed the steps taken by Uzbekistan to implement the recommendations received during the previous UPR cycles in 2013 and 2018, to develop an open and constructive dialogue with the UN Human Rights Council (HRC).
A number of States welcomed the constitutional reform carried out in Uzbekistan, which guarantees fundamental human rights and freedoms.
The Development Strategy of the New Uzbekistan and the Strategy "Uzbekistan-2030" were particularly noted, which demonstrate the country's commitment to promoting and ensuring human rights and fulfilling its international obligations in this area.
Uzbekistan's efforts to develop and expand cooperation with UN human rights structures were also supported, a vivid example of which is the visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk to Uzbekistan in March 2023.
The achievements of Uzbekistan in the eradication of child and forced labor, especially in the cotton harvest, as well as the fight against human trafficking were positively perceived by the HRC member countries.
During the analysis of the report, the measures taken by Uzbekistan to: implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals; protect children's rights, establish a Children's Ombudsman, reduce maternal and child mortality; form a continuous human rights education system; ensure women's rights and gender equality, prevent violence against women; promote freedom of speech and the media; counteract corruption; the fight against torture.
The session participants welcomed the attention of the Government of Uzbekistan to the issues of ensuring the rights and empowerment of persons with disabilities and the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
During the discussion, recommendations were made by individual countries on Uzbekistan's accession to a number of international treaties.
Most countries supported the ongoing democratic reforms and recommended Uzbekistan to continue the reforms initiated in the field of sustainable economic development, strong social policy, improvement of institutional and legal foundations for ensuring human rights and freedoms.
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on human rights.
