AKIPRESS.COM - A two-day training course on improving judicial responses to human trafficking, organized by the OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan in cooperation with the Lawyers’ Training Center under the Uzbek Justice Ministry was launched today in Tashkent.

Some 20 newly-appointed judges from all regions of Uzbekistan will discuss effective ways to use international and national legal tools in dealing with criminal cases on trafficking in human beings as well as relevant good judicial practices and challenges.

“The training course is designed to help the judges to assess the implementation of the non-punishment principle for victims while handling the criminal cases,” said Ambassador Gyorgy Szabo, Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan.

Askar Gafurov, Director of the Lawyers’ Training Center, said: “The training course is one of the commitments of Uzbekistan to improve the effectiveness of countering human trafficking and to develop a comprehensive victim-support system through expert advice and in service training activities.”