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On 21-22 November, the two-day training on preventing trafficking in human beings the hospitality sector was conducted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) in co-operation with the National Commission on Combatting Trafficking in Persons and Forced Labour. Thirty-two (seven women

On 22 April 2021, Mathieu Lemoine, Senior Project Officer in the Human Dimension at the OSCE, awarded a tablet to Muattarkhon Burkhanova, Public Relations Specialist of the Republican Social Information Center "Istiqbolli Avlod" (Tashkent) and winner of a competition for the best script for an animation video or a short film on combating trafficking in human beings.

Challenges, lessons learned and good practices in the use of National Referral Mechanisms to counter human trafficking were discussed at a roundtable discussion on 29 October 2020. The blended event was co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, jointly with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the National Anti-trafficking Commission of Uzbekistan...

To mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, an online roundtable discussion on combating this crime in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic was co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and partners on 29 July 2020. The event brought together 90 representatives and experts in the field of combating human trafficking and forced labour from more than 50 government agencies and non-governmental organizations, as well as international organizations...

National anti-trafficking state agencies, civil society organizations and international experts gathered in Tashkent on 26 November 2019 for a round-table discussion on good practices and challenges in national frameworks to combat trafficking in human beings...

TASHKENT, 14 November 2019- Judges of the highest criminal courts from 23 countries gathered for a two-day OSCE-wide conference on the role of the judiciary in combating trafficking in human beings that concluded today. The participants discussed current human trafficking-related challenges and ways to foster the implementation of OSCE commitments. Strengthening the role of the judiciary as a part of the criminal justice system as a way to effectively combat trafficking in human beings was also discussed.

More than 70 representatives of government officials, academia, NGOs and the media as well as members of the diplomatic community gathered in Tashkent to mark the World Day against Trafficking in Persons with a presentation of the ‘Guiding Principles on Human Rights in the Return of Trafficked Persons’, a publication by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)recently translated into Uzbek...