Netherlands >> Uzbekistan, Question, 16th session, May 2013

Does Uzbekistan, as during the last UPR, hold the view that the prohibition of voluntary sexual intercourse between two male individuals (article 120 of its criminal code) is compatible with its international obligations under the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights? How does Uzbekistan, as a party to this Convention, assess the Human Rights Committee’s conclusion in Toonen v. Australia (CCPR/C/50/D/488/1992) that Articles 2 (1) and 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which prohibit discrimination, apply equally to sexual orientation?