Akmal Saidov: People should know and defend their rights, be sure that they will be protected

On December 5-6, 2022, on the initiative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Samarkand hosted the Global Forum on Human Rights Education. The Director of the National Center for Human Rights Akmal Saidov told to journal “Democratization and Human Rights” about the goals and objectives of the upcoming international event:

– Akmal Kholmatovich, what does education in the field of human rights provide for?

Global forum on "Education in the field of human rights". Samarkand, December 5-6, 2022

On December 5-6, 2022, the Global Forum on "Education in the field of human rights" will be held in Samarkand.

Strengthening partnership in Central Asia and prospects for cooperation between France and the region

With the election of Shavkat Mirziyoyev as head of state in 2016, the internal and foreign policy of Uzbekistan have changed drastically. 

The Samarkand summit lays a new architecture of cooperation in the OTS space

On 11 November, an important international event took place in Samarkand – the first summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), formed instead of the Turkic Council, under the motto «A new era of Turkic civilization: towards common progress and prosperity».

The development of the World Program for Human Rights Education will be discussed at the Samarkand Global Forum

What will Phase 5 of the World Program for Human Rights Education consist of? Ideas that can form the basis of the World Program for Human Rights Education will be discussed by the participants of the Global Forum "Human Rights Education", which will be held in Samarkand on December 5-6, 2022.

Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan V.I. Norov at a press conference following the OTS Summit (November 11, 2022, Samarkand)

Good afternoon, dear representatives of the media!

First of all, let me express gratitude to each of you for your attention to the summit of the Organization of Turkic States and the events dedicated to it.