Tashkent hosted a discussion of the draft National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Human Rights, which will determine the main goals and directions of the state policy in ensuring human rights and freedoms.

Tashkent hosted a discussion of the draft National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Human Rights, which will determine the main goals and directions of the state policy in ensuring human rights and freedoms.

Deputies of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, representatives of the UN and OSCE, the National Human Rights Centre of the Republic of Uzbekistan, ministries and agencies, non-governmental non-profit organizations and Tashkent higher education institutions attended the event to get advice and make suggestions on improving the draft strategy.

Director of the National Human Rights Centre of the Republic of Uzbekistan Akmal Saidov noted that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna on June 25, 1993, recommended each state to develop a National Action Plan (Strategy) to improve the protection and promotion of human rights. To date, more than 40 countries have adopted their own national human rights strategies.

The draft National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights has been developed in accordance with the initiative of the President of the country, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, presented in his Address to the Oliy Majlis on January 24, 2020. During the development of the project, more than 300 proposals were received from more than 50 government bodies and civil society institutions. Of these, more than 200 proposals were accepted and taken into account for further improvement of this document. The draft national strategy was also presented for discussion by the general public on the portal for discussing draft regulatory acts at regulation.gov.uz. To date, more than 30 national and 10 foreign specialized websites have left positive feedback on this project.