PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of February 17, 2026 No. UP-27

About modification of the Presidential decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan of June 22, 2020 No. UP-6012 "About Approval of National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Human Rights"

For the purpose of timely consideration of messages and notes of authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the UN, and also further increase in responsibility of state bodies for preparation on them official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan I decide:

I. Enhancement of the legislation

1. Make changes to the Presidential decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan of June 22, 2020 No. UP-6012 "About Approval of National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Human Rights" according to appendix.

II. Organization, providing and control of execution of the Decree

2. To the national center of the Republic of Uzbekistan on human rights to take measures for consideration in accordance with the established procedure of messages and notes of authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the UN, and also to regular advanced training of the specialists who are taking part in preparation on them official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

3. To responsible state bodies:

(a) it is strict to observe procedure for timely and effective consideration of messages and notes of authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the UN and the personal responsibility in this direction to confer on the first heads of state bodies;

(b) within the powers to render to the National center of the Republic of Uzbekistan on human rights assistance in timely and effective consideration of messages and notes of authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the UN, and also preparation on them official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

4. To impose control of execution of this Decree on the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A. N. Aripov.

 

Appendix

to the Presidential decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan of February 17, 2026 No. UP-27

The changes made to the Presidential decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan of June 22, 2020 No. UP-6012 "About Approval of National Strategy of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Human Rights"

1. The fourth Item 2 to state the paragraph in the following edition:

"Regulations on order of interaction of state bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan on consideration of the appeals sent by authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the United Nations according to appendix No. 3".

2. To state the text of appendix No. 3 in the following edition:

"Regulations on order of interaction of state bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan on consideration of the appeals sent by authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the United Nations

Chapter 1. General provisions

1. This Provision determines order of interaction of state bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan (further - state bodies) by consideration of messages, notes, addresses on temporary measures and the emergency appeals sent by authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the United Nations (further - the UN).

2. In this Provision the following basic concepts are used:

(a) authorized United Nations Organs - the bodies dealing with issues of human rights, created on the basis of the Charter of the UN and also special rapporteurs of Human Rights Council, the working groups and other owners of the special mandate;

(b) contractual UN committees - the UN committees exercising control of accomplishment of international treaties on human rights in which the Republic of Uzbekistan is participant;

(c) the address about temporary measures - the appeal sent to the state from contractual UN committees for the purpose of the prevention of risk of violations of the rights of person;

(d) the note - the concluding observation and recommendations accepted by authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the UN concerning the message;

(e) the message - the written address of person or the group of persons provided to authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the UN, about violation guaranteed by international treaties of the rights in which the Republic of Uzbekistan is participant;

(g) the emergency address - the appeal sent by authorized bodies for human rights of the UN to the state concerning risk of human rights violation.

3. State bodies by consideration and ensuring execution of the appeals sent by authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the UN perform interaction on the basis of the schemes given in appendices No. No. 1 - 3 to this Provision.

Chapter 2. Adoption of the message and organization of its consideration

4. The message from the moment of receipt in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs proceeding from the international obligations and national interests of Uzbekistan together with the corresponding conclusion of the ministry in five-day time goes to the National center of the Republic of Uzbekistan on human rights (further - the Center) and the Ministry of Justice. At the same time:

(a) the term of presentation of official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan (further - the Government) concerning the message which arrived from authorized United Nations Organs shall not exceed sixty days from the date of receipt of the message in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

(b) the term of presentation of official position of the Government concerning the message which arrived from contractual UN committees shall not exceed six months from the date of receipt of the message in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

(c) the term of presentation of official position of the Government of rather emergency addresses and addresses about temporary measures shall correspond to the terms established by authorized bodies or contractual UN committees, but shall not exceed ten days from the date of receipt of the message in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

5. The center creates temporary work group as a part of representatives of responsible state bodies on preparation, approval and ensuring legal justification of the official position of the Government sent to authorized bodies and contractual UN committees (further - working group).

6. The working group is temporary interdepartmental coordinating body on preparation, approval and ensuring legal justification of the official position of the Government sent to authorized bodies and contractual UN committees.

7. The center proceeding from contents of the message in three-day time sends to responsible state bodies inquiries for nominations of workgroup members. State bodies submit within two-day term within the Center of the candidate of workgroup members.

8. The center in three-day time creates working group and on permanent basis performs coordination of its activities.

9. The main objectives of working group are:

(a) carrying out analysis of messages, temporary measures, spot news and notes;

(b) collection and generalization of the data which arrived from state bodies;

(c) project development of official position of the Government;

(d) ensuring exchange of information between state bodies and the Center.

10. The structure of the working group is created from:

(a) representatives of the Center and Ministry of Justice;

(b) representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

(c) proceeding from contents of the address - representatives of the relevant profile ministries and departments;

() of the Representative of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for human rights, and also the Representative of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the child's rights (if the address concerns the rights and interests of the child);

(e) if necessary - experts and representatives of scientific institutions.

11. Working group the director of the Center or its deputy, as a rule, directs.

12. Activities of working group are performed are transparent. If the message does not include the data constituting the state secrets, other secrets protected by the law or personal data, the working group has the right to involve in working process of representatives of institutes of civil society and independent experts.

13. Workgroup members shall carry out the assigned tasks honesty, fairly and selflessly. They bear the personal responsibility for reliability and accuracy of information provided by them, and also shall observe requirements of the legislation on the state secrets.

14. The working group functions before adoption of the note of authorized body or contractual UN committee on the message.

Chapter 3. Consideration of the message

§ 1. Consideration of messages of contractual UN committees

15. The center from the moment of receipt in the Center of the messages directed by contractual UN committees in three-day time sends to responsible state bodies inquiry for assessment of their compliance to eligibility criterions, and also informative consideration and preparation of the reasonable answer.

16. Messages are estimated on the basis of the following eligibility criterions of contractual UN committees:

(a) use of all available internal legal remedies, including judicial;

(b) incident of circumstance of expected violation of the right after entry into force of the corresponding international treaty for the Republic of Uzbekistan;

(c) the message shall not be anonymous, and also shall be directed on behalf of persons which are under jurisdiction of the Republic of Uzbekistan being the participant of the corresponding international treaties;

(d) justification at the sufficient level of sufferings owing to violation of the international treaty (reduction of confirmatory proofs, appendix of the relevant documents);

(e) exception of the repeated address on the same case;

(g) the message is not considered by other international bodies.

17. If the message does not answer the eligibility criterions (or to one of them) given in Item 16 of this provision, it is considered unacceptable.

18. State bodies within one month submit to the Center the documents confirming message compliance to eligibility criterions, and the reasonable information on consideration on the merits of the corresponding message signed by the first head of state body (in exceptional cases - his first deputy). At the same time the Center if necessary (in the absence of complete answers, supporting documents) can send additional inquiry to state bodies and (or) organize discussions for the purpose of entering of amendments into the data provided by state bodies.

19. The data provided by state bodies according to the message are considered by working group in three-months time, and the official position of the Government about compliance of the messages directed by contractual UN committees, to eligibility criterions and their consideration in essence is prepared.

20. The official position of the Government about compliance of the messages directed by contractual UN committees, to eligibility criterions and their consideration is in essence approved by the Center with the interested state bodies in fifteen-day time.

21. The official position of the Government approved with the interested state bodies in the ten-day time, but minimum in five days prior to the term established by contractual UN committees goes the Center to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

22. The official position of the Government in three-day time goes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contractual UN committees.

23. In case of receipt from contractual UN committees of request about submission of additional documents and information on compliance of messages to eligibility criterions and (or) consideration them in essence the working group from receipt date of request represents in a month the answer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

24. If the working group will consider that message compliance to eligibility criterions should be considered separately from its content, the Center in two-month term from the moment of receipt of the message can address through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the relevant contractual UN committees behind consideration of compliance of the message to eligibility criterions in separate procedure.

§ 2. Consideration of messages of authorized United Nations Organs

25. The center for consideration of contents of the messages in essence directed by authorized United Nations Organs and preparation by them the reasonable answer in three-day time from the moment of their receipt in the Center sends inquiry to responsible state bodies.

26. State bodies submit within fifteen-day term within the Center reasonable answers concerning the message. At the same time the Center has the right to request from state bodies the necessary additional information and documents on contents of the message.

27. The official position of the Government on consideration of the messages in essence directed by authorized United Nations Organs is prepared by working group in ten-day time.

28. The center in fifteen-day time approves official position of the Government with the interested state bodies which in one-day time goes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for representation to UN relevant organ.

29. The official position of the Government in three-day time goes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to authorized United Nations Organs.

Chapter 4. Consideration of addresses about temporary measures and the emergency addresses

§ 1. Consideration of addresses about temporary measures

30. The appeal about temporary measures sent by contractual UN committees after receipt through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in one-day time goes to the Center and the Ministry of Justice.

31. The center in one-day time sends the corresponding inquiry to responsible state bodies, requests from them initiation of efficient measures for implementation of temporary measures and if necessary - representation of reasonable explanations.

32. State bodies submit within three-day term within the Center explanation on the performed measures or actions planned to realization.

33. The center together with working group on the basis of collected data in three-day time creates official position of the Government and sends it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

34. The official position of the Government in two-day time goes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contractual UN committees.

§ 2. Consideration of the emergency addresses

35. The emergency appeals sent by authorized United Nations Organs after receipt in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in one-day time go to the Center and the Ministry of Justice.

36. The center in one-day time sends to responsible state bodies inquiry for initiation of efficient measures for the address and submission of the corresponding data.

37. State bodies submit within three-day term within the Center data on the performed or performed measures.

38. The center together with working group on the basis of collected data in three-day time creates official position of the Government and provides its submission through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to authorized United Nations Organs.

39. State bodies bear responsibility for timely and full accomplishment of the measures determined by the emergency addresses.

Chapter 5. Consideration of notes of authorized bodies and contractual UN committees

40. The notes accepted by authorized bodies and contractual UN committees on the corresponding messages from the moment of their receipt proceeding from the international obligations and national interests of Uzbekistan together with the corresponding conclusion developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in five-day time go the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Center and the Ministry of Justice.

41. The center in five-day time sends notes of authorized bodies and contractual UN committees to the following state bodies:

(a) for consideration judicially - in the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

(b) for consideration within powers - in the relevant state bodies.

42. The relevant state bodies represent reasonable data on the realized or planned measures for notes of authorized bodies and contractual UN committees to the Center in a month.

43. The center together with the Ministry of Justice in two-month time is generalized and analyze the data obtained from state bodies, prepare the draft of information on the realized or planned measures for notes of authorized bodies and contractual UN committees (further - information).

The center has the right to involve in process of preparation of the draft of information of specialists of responsible state bodies.

44. The center in fifteen-day time provides approval of information in accordance with the established procedure with the interested state bodies and in the ten-day time, but minimum in five days prior to the term established by authorized bodies and contractual UN committees sends it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

45. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in five-day time information goes to authorized bodies and contractual UN committees.

46. If after submission of information to authorized bodies and contractual UN committees additional measures for notes of authorized bodies and contractual UN committees are performed, then the relevant state bodies submit within ten-day term within the Center of the data on it.

47. The payment (compensation) for covering of the damage determined in notes is established judicially.

Chapter 6. Final provisions

48. The center posts the notes accepted according to messages of authorized bodies or contractual UN committees on the official website and keeps their account in the electronic register.

49. The center performs monitoring of processes of consideration of messages and notes, timely response to them and activities of state bodies in this direction.

50. The first heads of relevant organs bear the personal responsibility for timely submission by state bodies to the Center of reasonable answers for messages, their quality and completeness.

51. The permanent mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan under department of the United Nations in the city of Geneva and other international organizations bears responsibility for timely representation of official position of the Government (information and others) in authorized bodies and contractual UN committees.

Appendix №1

to Regulations on order of interaction of state bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan on consideration of the appeals sent by authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the United Nations

The scheme of interaction of state bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan on consideration of messages of contractual committees of the United Nations

Stages		Subjects		Actions		Completion dates
1st stage		Ministry of Foreign Affairs		The arrived messages together with the conclusion of the ministry are sent to the National center of the Republic of Uzbekistan on human rights and by the Ministry of Justice.		In five-day time from the date of receipt
2nd stage		National center for human rights		Proceeding from contents of the message sends to the relevant state bodies inquiry by studying of the message for compliance to eligibility criterions and representation of the alternate member of working group.		In three-day time
3rd stage		Relevant state bodies		Represent alternate members of working group.		In two-day time
4th stage		National center for human rights		Creates working group for studying of compliance of the message to eligibility criterions.		In three-day time
5th stage		Relevant state bodies		Direct reasonable answers on the acceptability or unacceptability of the corresponding message according to the criteria established in procedures of contractual UN committees and also on their informative consideration.		In a month
6th stage		Working group		Considers the data which arrived from state bodies and prepares the project of official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan.		In three-months time
7th stage		National center for human rights		Approves with the interested state bodies official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan about the acceptability or unacceptability of the message, on its informative consideration.		In fifteen-day time
8th stage		National center for human rights		Sends official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for submission to contractual UN committees.		In ten-day time (but at least in five days prior to the term established by contractual UN committees)
9th stage		Ministry of Foreign Affairs		Sends official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the relevant contractual UN committee.		In three-day time

Appendix № 2

to Regulations on order of interaction of state bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan on consideration of the appeals sent by authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the United Nations

The scheme of interaction of state bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan on consideration of messages of authorized bodies of the United Nations

Stages		Subjects		Actions		Completion date
1st stage		Ministry of Foreign Affairs		The arrived messages together with the conclusion of the ministry are sent to the National center of the Republic of Uzbekistan on human rights and by the Ministry of Justice.		In five-day time from the date of receipt
2nd stage		National center for human rights		Proceeding from contents of the message sends to the relevant state bodies inquiry by consideration of the message in essence and to representation of the alternate member of working group.		In three-day time
3rd stage		Relevant state bodies		Represent alternate members of working group.		In two-day time
4th stage		National center for human rights		Creates working group for informative consideration of the message.		In three-day time
5th stage		Relevant state bodies		Direct reasonable answers to the questions given in the corresponding message according to the criteria established in procedures of authorized United Nations Organs.		In fifteen-day time
6th stage		Working group		Considers the data which arrived from state bodies and prepares the project of official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan.		In ten-day time
7th stage		National center for human rights		Approves the official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan prepared according to the message with the interested state bodies.		In fifteen-day time
8th stage		National center for human rights		Sends the official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan prepared according to the message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for submission to authorized United Nations Organs.		In one-day time
9th stage		Ministry of Foreign Affairs		Sends the official position of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan prepared according to the message to authorized United Nations Organs.		In three-day time

Appendix №. 3

to Regulations on order of interaction of state bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan on consideration of the appeals sent by authorized bodies and contractual Human Rights Committees of the United Nations

The scheme of interaction of state bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan on consideration of notes of authorized bodies and contractual committees of the United Nations

	Stages		Subjects		Actions		Completion dates
1st stage			Ministry of Foreign Affairs		Sends together with the conclusion of the ministry the note accepted according to the corresponding message by authorized bodies and contractual UN committees to the National center of the Republic of Uzbekistan on human rights (further - the Center) and the Ministry of Justice.		In five-day time from the moment of receipt
2nd stage			Center		Sends to the relevant state bodies for consideration of the note of authorized bodies and contractual UN committees.		In five-day time
3rd stage			Relevant state bodies		Represent to the Center of the data on the realized or planned measures following the results of consideration of notes of authorized bodies and contractual UN committees.		In a month
4th stage			Center and Ministry of Justice		Generalize and analyze the data received from state bodies, prepare the draft of information on the realized or planned measures for notes of authorized bodies and contractual UN committees.		In two-month time
5th stage			National center for human rights		Provides approval of information in accordance with the established procedure with the interested state bodies.		In fifteen-day time
6th stage			National center for human rights		Sends the approved information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for submission to authorized bodies and contractual UN committees.		In ten-day time (but at least in five days prior to the term established by authorized bodies and contractual UN committees)
7th stage			Ministry of Foreign Affairs		Sends information to authorized bodies and contractual UN committees.		In five-day time
8th stage			Relevant state bodies		In case of realization of additional measures for the note after submission of information to authorized bodies and contractual UN committees represent to the Center of the data on it.		In ten-day time
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