A Roundtable on Preventing the Involvement of minors in the online criminal activities is held in Tashkent

On November 24, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), together with the Ombudsperson for Children and the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan convened the round table on “Preventing the involvement of children and youth in criminal activities on Internet” in Tashkent. 

The overall goal of the round table was to support the work of the Government of Uzbekistan and strengthen national capacity to promote effective crime prevention practices through social inclusion and promoting legal literacy, gender sensitivity and the rights of children and youth.

Thirty-four participants (22 women and 12 men), including representatives from the General Prosecutor’s Office, Ministry of Internal affairs, Ministry of pre-school and school education, Law Enforcement Academy, discussed mechanisms for protecting the rights and interests of minors. 

In addition, participants discussed the OSCE PCUzmethodological recommendations to further strengthen the national system for preventing the involvement of childrenand adolescents in cybercrimes and shared their experiences of public-private partnership in preventing crime among children and youth. 

This roundtable was organised within the framework of the PCUz UB project “Promoting Rule of Law, Human Rights and Media Freedom”.