Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The impact of the pandemic on human rights has become one of the main topics of the IV-International Scientific and Practical Conference "Problems of protecting human rights in the Eurasian space: sharing the best practices of ombudsmen."

Uzbekistan at the traditional forum, organized on 17 November by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, was represented by the First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the National Center for Human Rights Akmal Saidov.

The first plenary session of the online forum was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights and the experience of different countries in its implementation. Tatiana Moskalkova, the Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Dams Hendrik, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Yakumopoulos Christos, Director General for Human Rights and the Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, and others spoke about this in their speeches.

During the second plenary session "Lessons from the Pandemic: New Realities of the Human Rights Dimension", representatives of different countries shared their experience of measures that were used to counter the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

In his speech, A. Saidov quoted the words of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guteris, who in his report on the topic “Pandemic and Human Rights” noted that “Today, as never before, the actions of governments must be transparent, flexible and controlled. Open space for civil society action and freedom of the press are critical. An important role belongs to public organizations and the private sector."

“The pandemic that we all faced, in terms of its rate and scale of spread, has grown into an unprecedented global crisis, has become a very serious challenge for all mankind and the world economy,” A. Saidov stressed. - It does not recognize borders, nation, religion or race.

I am confident that today we will formulate common approaches and coordinate our actions in order to jointly quickly and effectively resolve emerging issues of protecting human rights in a pandemic. "

The participants in the presentation were familiarized in detail with the activities that are being taken in Uzbekistan in order to establish effective surveillance over the epidemiological situation based on the best international practice.

“Uzbekistan, like the entire international community, is accepting the most serious challenge to humanity in modern history - the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to the effective anti-epidemic measures taken in a timely manner by the Government of Uzbekistan, the country manages to minimize the consequences of the pandemic. We are learning to live in a pandemic,” said the head of the National Center for Human Rights.