It was an honor to have the Undersecretary of State Uzra Zeya speaking at the Regional Dialogue event, stating "𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙯𝙗𝙚𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨, 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨, 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞-𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝." Regional Dialogue is committed to supporting Uzbekistan in its implementation of the new Constitution and modernization of the criminal justice system. 

Our experts have, in the past, assisted Uzbekistan on these issues, advising on legislation drafting and conducting specific trainings on different related subjects, raising their legal and practical capacity to protect and uphold the rights and freedoms of individuals. After the new Constitution came into force in May last year, there is an even greater need for assistance in implementing its provisions into laws and practice. To provide an insightful international perspective, we invited Judge John Tunheim, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota; Marc Richard, Executive Director of the International Criminal Law Network; and Katja Šugman Stubbs, Slovenian Constitutional Court Judge and Professor of Criminal Procedure Law, to participate at the conference.