Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A report from Uzbekistan was presented at the international conference “75 years of the Nuremberg Tribunal: historical realities and challenges of a new era”. This scientific and practical forum took place on 20-21 November in Moscow.

It was organized by the Victory Museum of the Russian Federation with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund and in cooperation with the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and other partner organizations.

A presentation from our country was presented online by the director of the National Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights Akmal Saidov and dedicated to the role of Nuremberg as the basis of a modern system of international human rights protection.

75 years ago, on 20 November 1945, for the first time in world history, the Nuremberg trial of the main Nazi war criminals began. Many books and articles have been written about this historical process, but the course of history reminds each time the importance of conveying objective information about it to the new generation.

As it was noted in the report, today new facts of the participation of Uzbeks in the victory over fascism are revealed. If earlier it was believed that out of 6 million 551 thousand people who lived in the republic at that time, about 1 million 500 thousand participated in the war, then thanks to the studies carried out in recent years, it became clear that about 1 million 951 were mobilized to the front from Uzbekistan. thousands of people. This means that every third Uzbekistani has joined the fight against fascism with arms in hand. Also, reliable data were obtained that over 538 thousand of our citizens who went to war were killed in the battles, and not 396 thousand, as stated earlier. More than 158 thousand of our compatriots have gone missing.

The report provides examples of courage and dedication shown by Uzbeks in wartime, such as 101 captured soldiers from Uzbekistan in the Dutch Amersfoort death camp. The story of their heroism was told by Dutch journalist Remco Reiding, who recovered the evidence bit by bit. In the year of the 75th anniversary of the Victory, the book "101" was published, based on which a feature film was shot.

The people of Uzbekistan made their contribution to the victory over fascism with heroism not only at the fronts, but also in the rear. After all, 1.5 million people were evacuated to the republic during the war years from those republics where the war was raging, including over 250 thousand children. “Our people gave them shelter, surrounded them with love and care, sometimes shared the last piece of bread, showing their inherent high humanism,” A. Saidov noted.

He stressed that never in history has the world seen such cruelty towards a person as in the 20th century. And that is why the memory of that large-scale tragedy of mankind is so necessary, when the victims were estimated at tens of millions of people during the Second World War.

And it was the Nuremberg Trials that became a just retribution for war criminals, not only a fair trial over them, but also a “court of history” that pushed humanity to a huge historical lesson in defense of the individual, his rights and freedoms.

75 years after the start of the Nuremberg Tribunal, it is clearly visible what a huge role it played in the historical, legal and socio-political plans, including in shaping the human rights agenda.

It was the documents of the Nuremberg Tribunal that in many ways became the starting point of the modern international legal framework for the protection of human rights.

“The lessons of Nuremberg teach that only through joint efforts can humanity resist evil. It is the principles laid down in the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal that were subsequently approved by the UN General Assembly as universally recognized principles of international law in the field of combating crimes against humanity. On the basis of the Nuremberg Principles, the international community proclaimed the ideas of a culture of peace, the UN decade in the field of human rights education, a culture of peace and non-violence. "

“The military tribunal in Nuremberg was the most important event in the protection of human rights,” A. Saidov said in his report. “There is no doubt that the Nuremberg Tribunal played a huge role in strengthening international human rights, opened the world community the possibility of peaceful coexistence on the path of good-neighborliness and cooperation.”