Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan has joined more than 80 major international human rights instruments and fulfills its obligations in this regard. How this process is organized and what affects its effectiveness is discussed at the training organized by the National Center for Human Rights on 19-21 November.

The training participants are specialists from the NCHR, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Supreme Court, the State Committee on Statistics, and law schools.

The head of the Department for the Operation of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mahaman Sisse-Guro, made a welcoming speech. He noted the great positive work carried out in recent years in Uzbekistan in the field of human rights and the country’s fulfillment of international obligations in this area, stressing that the country faces even greater challenges. An important task is to enhance the role of civil society institutions. Of particular importance is the implementation of the initiatives of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan presented at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council regarding the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture.

International speakers are taking part in the training organized with the assistance of the Regional Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia in a hybrid format. Among them are UNHCHR Human Rights Adviser (Geneva) Natalya Oliynyk, UNDP Senior Human Rights and Social Protection Expert Salman Asif, Human Rights Advisor at the UNHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia Artur Yatsevich and others.

As noted in the presentation of the NCHR, in order to present the measures that are being taken in the country to fulfill the obligations under the documents ratified by Uzbekistan in the field of human rights, national reports are being prepared. The government has assigned the role of coordinator of this work to the National Center for Human Rights.

The preparation of reports is carried out with the involvement of all parties involved, including ministries and government agencies, scientific and research bodies, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations. This ensures the objectivity of reflecting the measures that are gradually being taken in the country in the field of human rights and their impact on the development of the process of democratization of modern Uzbekistan.

The purpose of the three-day training is to increase the potential of representatives of various structures in the implementation of the country’s obligations to implement ratified international documents, to study the best domestic and world experience in this area.