Day 1: Wednesday, August 12, 2020

THE OPENING CEREMONY

13.00– 14.30

WELCOME AND OPENING SPEECH

• Address of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
  H.E. Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV delivered by Ms. Tanzila NARBAYEVA, the Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Video message from UN Secretary GeneralH.E.ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
• Video message from United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Michelle BACHELET
• Video message from UNESCO Director GeneralMs. Audrey AZOULAY
• Mr. Martin CHUNGONG, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Mr. George TSERETELI, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President
• Dr. Mohammad Reza MAJIDI, Asian Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General
• Video message from Chairman of the Executive Committee - Executive Secretary of the CISMr.Sergey LEBEDEV
• Vladimir NOROV, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
• Amb. Tuula YRJÖLÄ Officer-in-Charge/Secretary General, Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre
• Video message from First Deputy Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human RightsMs. Katarzyna GARDAPKHADZE
• Ms. Alanna ARMITAGE, Director of UNFPA’s Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
• Ms. Agi VERES, Deputy Director, UNDP Europe and the CIS
• Video message from President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe) Mr.Gianni BUQUICCHIO
• Video message from Ms. Jayathma WICKRAMANAYAKE, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth

Moderators:

Akmal SAIDOV, First Vice-Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majllis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the National Center for Human Rights

Ashita MITTAL, UNODC Regional Representative/UN Resident Coordinator a.i.

PLENARY SESSION 1:

DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR YOUTH RIGHTS

Objective: Discussion of existing international legal instruments and mechanisms in the field of youth rights in the world, as well as the main provisions of the draft International Convention on the Rights of Youth

14.30- 16.00

Keynote speakers (up to 10 min)

• Tatyana MOSKALKOVA, Chairperson of Eurasian Ombudsman Alliance (EOA), High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation
• Marghoob BUTT, Executive Director, the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
• Akmal SAIDOV, Director of the National Center for Human Rights of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Speakers (up to 5 min)

• Sabina ALIYEVA,Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Mario J. COBO, International Youth Organization for Iberoamerica (OIJ)
• Adish AGARVALA, President of International Council of Jurists
• Jamila NURJANOVA, U-Report manager in Uzbekistan, UNICEF, Results of sociological research among youth of Uzbekistan on the draft International Convention of Youth Rights

Discussion, questions and answers

Moderators:

Ambassador John MACGREGOR, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan

Sherzod ASADOV, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan

PLENARY SESSION 2:

YOUTH RIGHTS AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Objective:Discussion of the role of youth in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as identification of key problems in the implementation of youth rights

16.00 - 17.30

Keynote speakers (up to 10 min)

• Ahmed SHAHEED, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief of the UN Human Rights Council
• MelvinBOUVA, President of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Speakers (up to 5 min)

• Bruce ADAMSON, the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland
• Aytən MUSTAFAZADE, Director of the Institute of Human Rights in the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
• Elvira AZIMOVA, Human Rights Commissioner in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Nigina SODIKOVA, member of the UN Youth Advisory Board in Uzbekistan
• Zhipeng HE, Council member of China Society for Human Rights Studies, Dean of Law School, Executive Director of Human Rights Center, Director on International Law Center at Jilin University
• Carlos URIARTE,Secretary General of Paneuropa Spain and a member of the Presidency Council of the International Pan-European Union, “The European Union: Human rights with a youth perspective”
• Muhammadumar MUQIMJONOV, member of U-Report Youth Committee of Fergana

Discussion, questions and answers

Moderators:

Matilda DIMOVSKA,UNDP Resident Representative in Uzbekistan

Bobur BEKMURODOV, Chairman of the Nationwide Movement "YUKSALISH"

Day 2:Thursday ,August 13, 2020

PLENARY SESSION 3:

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION FOR YOUTH

Objective:Analyze international experience in the field of human rights education for young people and develop recommendations to increase the level of youth literacy on human rights issues.

13.00 - 14.30

Keynote speakers (up to 10 min)

• Paulina TANDIONO, Fourth Phase (2020-2024) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, OHCHR
• Nika BAKHSOLIANI, Member of the Council of Europe Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ)
• Mirzatillo TILLABAYEV, First vice-director of National Human Rights Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Ali Bin Samikh AL MARRI, Chairman of National Human Rights Committee of Qatar

Speakers (up to 5 min)

• Augusta FEATHERSTON, Associate Democratic Governance Officer, Youth Focal Point, OSCE ODIHR
• Ahmad DAMANIK, Chairperson of the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission 
• Victoria IBIWOYE, Director of the One African Child Foundation for Creative Learning, “Youth Role in Human Rights Education”
•  Zuzana ZALANOVA, Director, Europe Office, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
• Nordine DRICI, Director of ND Consultance/Consultancy services (Human Rights, Rule of Law, Humanitarian Affairs, Elections), “Developing Human Rights Legal Clinic Education”

Discussion, questions and answers

Moderators:

YuYU,UNFPA Representative in Uzbekistan/Country Director in Tajikistan

Rahim HAKIMOV, Rector of Tashkent State University of Law

PLENARY SESSION 4:

YOUTH’S ROLE IN PEACE AND SECURITY: VISIONS FOR A SAFER FUTURE TOWARDS 2030

Objective:Highlighting the role of youth in strengthening comprehensive approach to security and cooperation

14.30 - 16.00

Keynote speakers (up to 10 min)

• Dr.Herta DÄUBLER-GMELIN, lawyer, the former Federal Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Giuseppina DE MARCO, lawyer, OSCE Secretariat, and former UN Youth Delegate and participant of 2019 OSCE Youth Forum

Speakers (up to 5 min)

• Keisi SEFERI,Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Youth and Security
• Shaharzad AKBAR, Chairperson for Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
• Abdulla ASLONOV, Chairman of Youth Parliament under the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Milena STOSIC, OSCE Mission to Serbia, Youth Focal Point, and first OSCE CiO Special Representative on Youth and Security (2015-2016)
• Ramin GURBANOV, President of the European Commission for the Efficiency of justice (CEPEJ)
• Jinyu QIAN, Council member of China Society for Human Rights Studies, Executive Director of Research Institute for Human Rights at Northwest University of Political Science and Law, Director of Teaching and Research Department of Constitutional Law
• Aigerim SEITENOVA, Head of Programmes, ‘Wings of Liberty’ Public Foundation and member of OSCE Core Group of Youth Experts
• Meder OMURZAKOV, International Program Coordinator for Central Asia based in Kazakhstan United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Discussion, questions and answers

Moderators: 

Anastasia FUSCO, OSCE Adviser on Youth

Alisher SADULLAEV, Director of the Agency for Youth Affairs of Uzbekistan

Closing session

16.00 - 17.00

Adoption of the Samarkand Resolution on Youth Rights

Concluding remarks

• Ryszard KOMENDA, OHCHR Regional Representative for Central Asia
• Ambassador John MCGREGOR, OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan
• Ashita MITTAL, UNODC Regional Representative/UN Resident Coordinator a.i.

Moderator:

Akmal SAIDOV, First Vice-Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the OliyMajllis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Director of the National Center for Human Rights