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UZBEKISTAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2004
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Title:
Présentation de l'Ouzbékistan
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
23 October 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 March 2025
Accessed Date:
19 March 2025
Title:
Ouzbékistan : Situation générale et données démolinguistiques. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
23 December 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
28 November 2024
Accessed Date:
10 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
10 January 2023
Author:
Maria A. Blackwood
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Uzbekistan
Date of Document:
25 July 2023
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
19 May 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. Freedom in the World 2024.
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan: 2 Years on, No Justice in Autonomous Republic
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 July 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. Nations in Transit 2024.
Accessed Date:
11 March 2025
Title:
“We will find you, anywhere”: The global shadow of Uzbekistani surveillance
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 March 2017
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21: Uzbekistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/UZB/1
Date of Document:
28 August 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/UZB/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 August 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Uzbekistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/44/UZB/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
23 August 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan: Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review 44th session of the UPR Working Group
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights; Association for Human Rights in Central Asia
Date of Document:
8 November 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan: Pressure on Bloggers and Journalists Continues, Including on Karakalpak Activists
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights; Association for Human Rights in Central Asia
Date of Document:
15 October 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, on her visit to Uzbekistan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
25 February 2022
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan 'On Citizenship of the Republic of Uzbekistan'
Accessed Date:
11 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
19 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan: ID Documents and Passports
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
18 February 2013
Accessed Date:
23 May 2014
Title:
Russia and Uzbekistan: Whether an individual born in the Soviet Union (Russia) to ethnic Russian parents, who is a citizen of Uzbekistan, is entitled to Russian citizenship (2013-May 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 May 2014
Accessed Date:
29 May 2014
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Uzbekistan: Legislative Chamber.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Uzbekistan: Senate.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Republic of Uzbekistan: Parliamentary Elections, 27 October 2024. ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 February 2025
Accessed Date:
10 March 2025
Title:
Republic of Uzbekistan: Early Presidential Election, 9 July 2023. ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
21 December 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Republic of Uzbekistan. Election for Uzbekistani Presidency of 9 July 2023.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Republic of Uzbekistan: Constitutional Referendum, 30 April 2023. ODIHR Limited Referendum Observation Mission Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
21 December 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan: New Constitution Takes Effect
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
31 May 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Uzbekistan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
1 March 2022
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Country Gender Assessment for Uzbekistan 2024
Date of Document:
May 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Uzbekistan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
27 October 2022
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan: Parliament passes long-overdue legislation criminalizing domestic violence
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 April 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Information received from Uzbekistan on follow-up to the concluding observations on its sixth periodic report
Date of Document:
8 March 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Information on Violence against Women and Girls in Uzbekistan for Consideration by the European Union Prior to its EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue
Source:
Equality Now et al.
Date of Document:
8 April 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan introduced and strengthened protections for violence against women, though further changes are needed
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe and Central Asia 2024.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. ILGA-Europe.
Date of Document:
February 2024
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Uzbekistan: Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression (SOGIE). Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Like living on a different planet: Gays, bisexual men and trans people vulnerable to abuse, imprisonment and discrimination in Uzbekistan
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights et al.
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
11 March 2025
Title:
National report on violations of the rights of LGBT people and MSM in Uzbekistan, 2023
Source:
Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Uzbekistan: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Corruption and anti-corruption efforts in Uzbekistan
Source:
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre; Transparency International
Date of Document:
23 February 2024
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Uzbekistan.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
10 January 2024
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Baseline Report of the Fifth Round of Monitoring of Anti-Corruption Reforms in Uzbekistan. The Istanbul Anit-Corruption Action Plan.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers on his visit to Uzbekistan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
20 April 2020
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers on his visit to Uzbekistan: Comments by the State
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 April 2020
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Accessing Economic and Social Rights in Uzbekistan: An Analysis of Selected Laws and Practices
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Legal Research in Uzbekistan
Date of Document:
August 2024
Author:
Mirfozil Khasanov
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Uzbekistan under article 19 of the Convention, due in 2023
Date of Document:
8 February 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Uzbekistan. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Uzbekistan: Police Abuses in Autonomous Region Protests
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 November 2022
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Seven years into new era, Uzbekistan's independent media fight for survival
Source:
International Press Institute
Date of Document:
18 July 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Editor:
Amelia Larson et al.
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Punished for their opinions – bloggers and social media commentators in Uzbekistan
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights; Association for Human Rights in Central Asia
Date of Document:
July 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. Vibrant Information Barometer 2024.
Source:
International Research & Exchanges Board
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan: Imprisoned for ‘Insulting the President Online'
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 May 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2024 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
1 May 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Religious Policy in Uzbekistan: Between Liberalisation, State Ideology and Islamisation
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Date of Document:
August 2023
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan: Space for Reform. Country update.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Uzbekistan: Backsliding on Religious Freedom Promises
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 May 2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan: 'We look for men in beards as we are searching for terrorists'
Date of Document:
25 October 2024
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Uzbekistan. World Directory of Minorities and
Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined tenth to twelfth reports of Uzbekistan
Code:
CERD/C/UZB/CO/10-12
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
27 January 2020
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Ouzbékistan : La situation des Ouïghours
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 November 2021
Accessed Date:
29 March 2023
Title:
Combined thirteenth and fourteenth periodic reports submitted by Uzbekistan under article 9 of the Convention, due in 2022
Date of Document:
29 November 2022
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Uzbekistan Targets 'Undesirable' Foreigners and Stateless Persons
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 November 2024
Accessed Date:
11 March 2025
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 May 2024:
Title:
Uzbekistan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
13 March 2024
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uzbekistan/
Accessed Date:
19 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
24 November 2023
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/uzbekistan
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/POL1056702023ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
28 March 2023
Title:
Uzbekistan. Freedom in the World 2023.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/uzbekistan/freedom-world/2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/uzbekistan
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. Nations in Transit 2022.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/uzbekistan/nations-transit/2022
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil
Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Uzbekistan.html
Accessed Date:
20 March 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Uzbekistan: Qonunchilik palatasi (Legislative Chamber).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/content/uzbekistan?chamber_id=13480
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Uzbekistan: Senate.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/content/uzbekistan?chamber_id=13481
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Uzbekistan: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/uzbekistan
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2022/uzbekistan/
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
The Uzbekistan Legal System and Research
Date of Document:
December 2019
Author:
Maria Stalbovskaya and Mirfozil Khasanov
URL:
https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Uzbekistan1.html
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. Freedom on the Net 2023.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/uzbekistan/freedom-net/2023
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan: Vibrant Information Barometer 2023
URL:
https://www.irex.org/files/vibrant-information-barometer-2023-uzbekistan
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/uzbekistan/
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2023 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2023
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/Uzbekistan.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan: Registration Barriers for Independent Groups
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 January 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/01/07/uzbekistan-registration-barriers-independent-groups
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Committee against Torture: Fifth periodic report submitted by Uzbekistan under article 19 of the Convention, due in 2017
Date of Document:
9 November 2018
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/UZB/5
Accessed Date:
6 May 2019
Title:
Uzbekistan. Overview of Recent Restrictions to Civic Freedoms.
Date of Document:
November 2022
URL:
https://civicus.org/documents/UzbekistanCountryBrief.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Uzbekistan parliamentary elections 2019: ODIHR election observation mission final report
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
13 May 2020
URL:
https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/9/3/452170_1.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment: Update
Source:
Asian Development Bank
Date of Document:
December 2018
URL:
https://www.adb.org/documents/uzbekistan-gender-assessment-update
Accessed Date:
21 May 2019
Title:
Replies of Uzbekistan to the list of issues and questions in relation to its sixth periodic report
Date of Document:
4 October 2021
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/UZB/RQ/6
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Uzbekistan: Failure to Protect Women from Domestic Violence
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
January 2022
URL:
https://www.iphronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Joint-NGO-submission-to-CEDAW-2.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Uzbekistan: Gay Men Face Abuse, Prison
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 March 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/23/uzbekistan-gay-men-face-abuse-prison
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Uzbekistan: LGBT Rights Neglected
Source:
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Date of Document:
17 February 2020
URL:
https://iwpr.net/global-voices/uzbekistan-lgbt-rights-neglected
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
Anti-Corruption Reforms in Uzbekistan: Fourth Round of Monitoring of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
URL:
https://web-archive.oecd.org/2019-04-18/516883-OECD-ACN-Uzbekistan-4th-Round_Monitoring-Report-2019-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 March 2023
Title:
“You Can't See Them, but They're Always There”: Censorship and Freedom of the Media in Uzbekistan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 March 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/03/28/you-cant-see-them-theyre-always-there/censorship-and-freedom-media-uzbekistan#
Accessed Date:
6 May 2019
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Uzbekistan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/37/49/Add.2
Accessed Date:
4 May 2018
Title:
Information on the propiska residence registration system and impact on a person's ability to relocate; requirements and procedures to relocate within the country, including deregistration; role of the Mahalla (neighbourhood) Committee in...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 May 2016
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456517
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
Exit procedures and documents required for nationals leaving the country; whether interviews are conducted by customs officials; whether persons wanted by authorities are able to leave the country legally or without...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 January 2017
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456859
Accessed Date:
30 May 2017
Title:
2021 third-party monitoring of child labour and forced labour during the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan
Source:
International Labour Organization
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
URL:
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---ipec/documents/publication/wcms_846680.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Uzbekistan: Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review 44th session of the UPR Working Group
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights; Association for Human Rights in Central Asia
Date of Document:
8 November 2023
URL:
https://www.iphronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UPR-Uzbekistan-2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 March 2024
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Uzbekistan
Date of Document:
25 July 2023
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/HRI/CORE/UZB/2023
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan: 2 Years on, No Justice in Autonomous Republic
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 July 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/01/uzbekistan-2-years-no-justice-autonomous-republic
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan: Pressure on Bloggers and Journalists Continues, Including on Karakalpak Activists
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights; Association for Human Rights in Central Asia
Date of Document:
15 October 2024
URL:
https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/uzbekistan-pressure-on-bloggers-and-journalists-continues-including-on-karakalpak-activists/
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Republic of Uzbekistan: Parliamentary Elections, 27 October 2024. ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report.
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
26 February 2025
URL:
https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/c/2/586212.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 March 2025
Title:
Country Gender Assessment for Uzbekistan 2024
Date of Document:
May 2024
URL:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099052824010093257/pdf/P1756961bcc2a50811a9d21c373fd390418.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Information received from Uzbekistan on follow-up to the concluding observations on its sixth periodic report
Date of Document:
8 March 2024
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/UZB/FCO/6
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Information on Violence against Women and Girls in Uzbekistan for Consideration by the European Union Prior to its EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue
Source:
Equality Now et al.
Date of Document:
8 April 2024
URL:
https://equalitynow.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24105742/EU-Uzbekistan-Human-Rights-Dialogue-2024-Equality-Now-submission_final.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan introduced and strengthened protections for violence against women, though further changes are needed
URL:
https://equalitynow.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/08063317/Statement-from-Equality-Now-on-Domestic-Violence-and-Sexual-Violence-Laws-in-Uzbekistan-.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Uzbekistan: Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression (SOGIE). Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2024
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a101e349b9c0597fdb040a/UZB_CPIN_Sexual_orientation_and_gender_identity_or_expression.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Like living on a different planet: Gays, bisexual men and trans people vulnerable to abuse, imprisonment and discrimination in Uzbekistan
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights et al.
URL:
https://ecom.ngo/resource/files/2022/06/lgbtqi-uzbb-in-eng.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
National report on violations of the rights of LGBT people and MSM in Uzbekistan, 2023
Source:
Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
URL:
https://ecom.ngo/resource/files/2024/03/ecom_national_report_uzb_2023_eng.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Baseline Report of the Fifth Round of Monitoring of Anti-Corruption Reforms in Uzbekistan. The Istanbul Anit-Corruption Action Plan.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
URL:
https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2024/11/baseline-report-of-the-fifth-round-of-monitoring-of-anti-corruption-reforms-in-uzbekistan_a7d9ab4c/363ba9d8-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Sixth periodic report submitted by Uzbekistan under article 19 of the Convention, due in 2023
Date of Document:
8 February 2024
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/UZB/6
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Punished for their opinions – bloggers and social media commentators in Uzbekistan
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights; Association for Human Rights in Central Asia
Date of Document:
July 2024
URL:
https://iphronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/iphr-ahrca-blogger-report-july-2024.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan: Imprisoned for ‘Insulting the President Online'
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 May 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/30/uzbekistan-imprisoned-insulting-president-online
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Religious Policy in Uzbekistan: Between Liberalisation, State Ideology and Islamisation
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Date of Document:
August 2023
URL:
https://www.swp-berlin.org/publications/products/research_papers/2023RP08_ReligionUzbekistan.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan: 'We look for men in beards as we are searching for terrorists'
Date of Document:
25 October 2024
URL:
https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2938
Accessed Date:
4 March 2025
Title:
Uzbekistan Targets 'Undesirable' Foreigners and Stateless Persons
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 November 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/20/uzbekistan-targets-undesirable-foreigners-and-stateless-persons
Accessed Date:
11 March 2025
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