On December 6 of this year, at the initiative of the agent of the Civil service under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, a scientific and practical conference entitled "The right to public service in the Republic of Tajikistan" was held, dedicated to the "Year of Legal Education", the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan and Human Rights Day. During the conference, Davlatov Juma Mukhmalievich - Director of the Civil Service Agency, Oyev Kholmakhmad - Candidate of Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional Law of the Faculty of Law of the Tajik National University and Solehzoda Zafar Ismatullo - Head of the Department of State Protection of User Rights, Financial and Legal Services of authorized entrepreneurs for Human Rights in the Republic of Tajikistan made presentations on the right to public service.The conference was attended by employees of the Civil Service Agency, trainees of advanced training courses for young civil servants who are in the personnel reserve of the executive bodies of state power of regions, cities and districts under the program "Delegation Management in modern times", students of the law faculties of the Tajik National University and the Academy of Public Administration, as well as members of the public organization "followers the leader of the nation."
During the reports, it was noted that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948 in Paris, France, proclaiming one of the fundamental human rights – the right to public service in one's country and, thus, to participate in public administration. In connection with the adoption of this declaration, December 10 is celebrated annually by the Member States of the United Nations as "Human Rights Day".
On the initiative of the founder of peace and national unity, the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the respected Emomali Rahmon, in honor of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, 2024 was declared the "Year of Legal Education" in the country, the purpose of which is to increase the level of legal education of citizens and educate them in the spirit of respect for rights, laws and the rule of law. The announcement of the "Year of Legal Education" is an important and valuable step that gives impetus to improving the legal thinking of civil servants, legality and social justice.
Public service is the professional activity of civil servants aimed at ensuring the fulfillment of the powers of public officials through the exercise of the powers of State bodies. Thanks to the creative policy of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, dear Emomali Rahmon, the improvement of the public administration system and the formation of the civil service, including issues of staffing and rational use of human resources, training of specialists in the field of public administration, professional development and retraining of civil servants have become priority state tasks.
Also, the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan dated November 6, 1994 is considered as a source of formation and strengthening of modern public administration and professional public service. Article 27 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan guarantees citizens equal rights to enter the civil service, which fully complies with the requirements of articles 21 and 22 of the Declaration of Human Rights. This norm also complies with the requirements of article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which provides that "every citizen in his country should be granted, without any unjustified violations and restrictions, the rights and opportunity to participate in public service on equal terms for all."
In addition, the basic principles of public service have been enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan. The Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On Civil Service" was first adopted on November 13, 1998, and in a new version on March 5, 2007, laying a real foundation for the formation and development of the civil service. On their basis, more than 200 normative legal acts regulating the field of activity have been adopted, including those regulating public positions, qualification requirements, job descriptions, ethics of a civil servant, organization and holding of competitions, evaluation of the activities of a civil servant, his certification, work with the personnel reserve, replacement of senior personnel, etc., issues have been fully established education, selection, placement of personnel in the civil service, in general, the management of human resources and the rights of civil servants.
Among them there are those who, as a rule, are among the most popular in the world, and in some cases even surpass them. The main activities of the Tajik Civil Service comply with internationally recognized standards. The creation of a professional civil service and increasing its attractiveness the creation of a favorable basis for the further development of the institute of public service, improving the efficiency of public service, training professional specialists in the field of public administration are the main achievements of the civil service sector of Tajikistan during the period of independence.
During the conference, in accordance with article 15 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On Public Service", 2 young specialists of the Labor and Employment Agency were sworn in, who were accepted for the first time to an administrative position in the civil service. At the end of this conference, civil servants who conscientiously and responsibly fulfilled their official duties and contributed to the education of young civil servants were awarded departmental awards of the Civil Service Agency and memorable gifts.
