Each year of ‘The Revival in a New Era of a Powerful State’ is being marked by events of historic significance. The year 2023, which passed under the motto ‘Happy youth with Arkadag Serdar’, was full of important events that were inscribed in the chronicles of the modern history of the country. That year has been marked by concrete achievements in ensuring human rights and freedoms.

On May 15, 2024, the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov left on a working visit to the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation.

Every year is marked by historical events in our Motherland Turkmenistan. The year 2022, which was held under the motto ‘The Era of People with the Arkadag’, became the year of significant results attained in various fields, including in the field of ensuring human rights.

 As historically developed, every year in our country becomes yet another stage in the development of society and the state. Last year held under the motto ‘Turkmenistan is the Motherland of Peace and Trust’, in the annals of independent, permanently neutral Turkmenistan became the year of implementation of large-scale activities. They were aimed at further democratization of the state and society, improving the activity of public authorities, increasing the pace of transformations during the transition to market relations, expanding socio-economic reforms carried out in the country and strengthening their legal foundations, and ensuring a prosperous and happy life for every citizen, the realization of their rights.

As in previous years, the purpose of this report is to review the country's respect for human rights, based on an analysis of important human rights issues, coverage of the human rights situation in 2020, and the activities of the Authorized Representative for Human Rights - the Ombudsperson (hereinafter referred to as the Ombudsperson) for the protection of human rights and freedoms, the restoration of violated rights, the prevention of human rights violations, the submission of proposals, as well as other activities carried out within her powers.