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United Nations Human Rights Council

U zbekistan supports the activities of the Human Rights Council. The country has been engaged in a regular and constructive cooperation with UN human rights bodies, especially with the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the Human Rights Council which is today the only universal process ensuring to all states an equal and a non-discriminatory treatment when their respective human rights situations are assessed.
Uzbekistan passed through the second cycle of the UPR on April 24, 2013, which resulted in 115 recommendations adopted by the country.
In November 2014 the Government of Uzbekistan adopted a comprehensive National Plan of Action on implementation of recommendations of the second UPR and UN treaty bodies.
In the framework of our dialogue with UN special procedures we have been providing comprehensive information on various aspects of human rights according to relevant requests by special procedures mandate holders. Over the past 5 years we replied to more than 40 of such requests.
Since many years high level delegation of the Republic of Uzbekistan has been attending the High-Level Segment of the Human Right Council held in February-March each year in Geneva. In March 2014 the HLS of the Council was attended by a delegation headed by H.E. Akmal Saidov, Director of the National Human Rights Center of Uzbekistan.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Through the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Program of Actions Uzbekistan was the first Central Asian State to set up a system of national human rights institutions. The country has been continuing its efforts to improve the activity of national human rights institutions in accordance with Paris principles.
Uzbekistan has been engaged in a constructive cooperation and regular dialogue with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In May 2013 a delegation headed by Mr. Ivan Simonovic, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights visited Uzbekistan. He met representatives of law enforcement bodies, national human rights institutions and civil society to discuss cooperation on implementation of recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review and UN treaty bodies.
Mr. Gianni Magazzeni, Chief of Americas, Europe and Central Asia Branch of the OHCHR also visited Tashkent on October 2013. In addition to bilateral meetings with Government officials and representatives of national human rights institutions, he participated in International Conference "On the role and place of national human rights protection system in modernization of a country: international practice and experience of Uzbekistan" held in Tashkent on 24-25 October 2013.
Experts of the Office of High Commissioner provided valuable assistance in preparing clusters and indicators related to the National Plan of Action of Uzbekistan on implementation of recommendations of the second UPR and UN treaty bodies which was adopted in November 2014.