August 2017 ойлик архив

Joint statement: Uzbekistan must start genuine cooperation with the UN!

  

UZBEKISTAN MUST START GENUINE COOPERATION WITH THE UN

1 August 2017 —The Presidency of Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who took over from Islam Karimov in September 2016, has failed to take any measurable steps to implement its international human rights obligations and to cooperate fully with the United Nations.

Two years ago, the UN Human Rights Committee1 found the Uzbek government responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of prominent Uzbek human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva, who was tortured, raped and forcibly sterilized in Uzbekistan.

http://www.redress.org/downloads/unhrc-decision-mutabar-ccpr-c-114-d-2234-2013.pdf

The Committee found multiple violations of her rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (to which Uzbekistan acceded in 1995), committed by Uzbekistan in response to her human rights work, including her right to be free from torture and ill-treatment; to liberty and security; to a fair trial; to freedom of expression and to be protected against discrimination on the grounds of sex and opinion.

Uzbekistan must start genuine cooperation with the UN

The Presidency of Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who took over from Islam Karimov in September 2016, has failed to take any measurable steps to implement its international human rights obligations and to cooperate fully with the United Nations.

Two years ago, the UN Human Rights Committee [1] found the Uzbek government responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of prominent Uzbek human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva, who was tortured, raped and forcibly sterilized in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan must start genuine cooperation with the UN

Publisher International Federation for Human Rights
Publication Date 1 August 2017
Cite as International Federation for Human Rights, Uzbekistan must start genuine cooperation with the UN, 1 August 2017, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/59884d384.html [accessed 21 July 2018]
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