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
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