The event brought together more than seventy participants, both international, regional and national, who discussed the mechanisms of increasing the efficiency of protection of human rights and freedoms in penitentiary facilities, the role of civil society representatives in protecting the rights and freedoms of persons serving punishment.

Mr. Hans-Ullrich Ihm, Acting Head of Mission, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in his opening speech stressed that the OSCE stands ready to provide expert and technical support for Governmental agencies and NGOs in enhancing the legal basis and the activities in National Preventative Mechanism system. The conference was organized within the Project “Support to Establishment of a National Preventive Mechanism against Torture”, funded by the Governments of Italy and Norway.

Source:  OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan