The Republic of Uzbekistan, commonly known as Uzbekistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its capital, Tashkent, is the seat of government. Uzbekistan is a unitary state with a presidential system of government, where the president serves as head of state and head of government. 

Uzbekistan is not party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons or the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.