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being made to ensure comprehensive registration of all births. In a recent report, the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had pointed out that Uzbekistan had a birth registration
rate of 100 per cent. Furthermore, a campaign had been launched to register children
directly in remote areas. The Aral Sea area was a development priority for the Government.
In 2017 alone, some 150,000 people had gained access to drinking water thanks to the
renovation of water pipes and water supply plants. The Government had earmarked $2.5
billion for the development of the region.
100. The delegation informed the Human Rights Council that, for the first time in 15
years, Uzbekistan had extended an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on freedom of
religion or belief. The State intended to work closely also with the Special Rapporteur on
the independence of judges and lawyers. One priority of the current judicial reform was the
ratification of international conventions and United Nations instruments. For example,
Uzbekistan would soon ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
II. Conclusions and/or recommendations
101. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below
have been examined by Uzbekistan and enjoy the support of Uzbekistan:
101.1
Ratify the human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, in
particular the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto, the
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol thereto, the
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the Optional Protocol to
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (Honduras);
101.2
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court, the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Spain);
101.3
Ratify the international instruments to which the State is not yet a
party (Togo);
101.4
Ratify the main human rights instruments to which the State is not
yet a party (Côte d’Ivoire);
101.5
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Denmark);
101.6
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Denmark);
101.7
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Estonia);
101.8
Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(Ghana);
101.9
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Greece);
101.10
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Lithuania);
101.11
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Chile);
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