to human trafficking and better co-ordination between the different anti-trafficking stakeholders, such as police, health and social workers and NGOs in identifying the trafficked persons and protecting their human rights. Police Development From 14-20 February, the PCUz, together with an expert from the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, conducted two three-day training courses on theory and international standards of human rights for police officers. Fifty representatives of the Kashkadarya, Andizhan, Ferghana and Namangan regional police offices examined basic principles of human rights and the international system of human rights protection. Participants discussed the role of law enforcement in ensuring the right to peaceful assembly, privacy and freedom of expression, and conducted practical exercises on protecting and restoring human rights and freedoms. By conducting these training courses the PCUz concluded implementation of the Project funded through the extra-budgetary contribution of the Government of Germany. On 19 March, the PCUz organized the first briefing and co-ordination meeting for representatives of bilateral embassies and international organizations on PCUz’s policerelated project activities. PCUz informed participants about on-going activities, such as training for law enforcement bodies of the National Police Academy; promoting human rights at the academy; training on human rights in the regions of Uzbekistan; travel document security; human trafficking; promoting international standards in the penitentiary system; as well as other police-related activities, such as combating drug trafficking and disaster preparedness. On 4-6 September, the PCUz conducted a three-day training focusing on enhancing capacity of 25 teachers from the Police Academy, Sergeants’ Schools, and Tashkent Higher Military School in increasing awareness on the international human rights standards and the role of police in ensuring and protecting human rights. Throughout the programme a strong emphasis was given to the participatory and interactive training methodology with specific exercises where the practical application of human rights provisions for operational and other categories of police units were underlined. UN SC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security On 30 April a three-day workshop for law enforcement representatives was held in Tashkent to discuss rights of women and their participation in peace negotiations and in post-conflict reconstruction. The workshop was organized by the PCUz jointly with the Police Academy of Uzbekistan and brought together 26 representatives from the Academy, the MoI and police officers from different regions of Uzbekistan to discuss the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Special attention was also paid to the OSCE recommendations on democratic policing. Anti-Corruption On 25-27 November, the PCUz, jointly with the Police Academy organized a training on “International Practices and Methods of Fighting against Corruption, its Core and Typology”. The training was conducted by two experts from Germany and brought together 21 representatives from the Police Academy, the Ministry of Interior to study police ethics, indicators of corruption, as well as best practices in the fight against corruption. On 28-30 November, the same experts provided another training course on the UN Convention against Corruption for 30 police officers representing various departments of the MoI (investigation, human rights protection, personnel issues, internal security, prison 149