Adminstration of the Pakhtachinsky District, Samarkand Region

To combat and prevent this heinous type of crime, a number of United Nations instruments of a recommendatory and mandatory nature have been adopted.

In particular, this category includes the Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of Others in Slavery (1949), the Supplementary Convention for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1956), and the Protocol to Suppress, Prevent and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000). g.).

In addition, in order to strengthen interstate cooperation in the fight against trafficking in persons, the CIS Agreement “On strengthening cooperation in the field of combating trafficking in persons” was adopted in 2005, and in 2006, eight member states adopted the “Program for Combating Trafficking in Persons for 2007–2010”.

Changes are also taking place in our national anti-trafficking and forced labor laws. In particular, in 2019–2020, more than 20 regulations were adopted regulating activities in these areas. In addition, 6 conventions and protocols of the ILO and the International Organization for Migration were ratified. In order to strengthen measures of responsibility for child labor and forced labor, amendments and additions were made to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. At the same time, taking into account international experience, a new version of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Law was adopted.
According to the UN, about 2.7 million people become victims of human trafficking every year around the world. According to international experts, the annual income from this crime exceeds 7 billion US dollars. It is alarming that 80 percent of human trafficking victims are women and children. Every year, 600-800 thousand women and children are taken to foreign countries and sold.
There are three main types of human trafficking in the world today: sexual exploitation (prostitution), forced labor and the sale of human organs.
Mostly women (including girls) are trafficked for sexual exploitation. According to data, 72 percent of women are trafficked for this purpose.
The majority of those involved in forced labor are men. The figure is 85.7 percent, indicating that the majority of male victims of trafficking are forced laborers.
The crime of selling human organs is a very low-profile type of human trafficking, accounting for no more than 1 percent of the total “goods” sold in human trafficking. The fact that annual sales of this type of “product” amount to more than $1 billion confirms that this category of crime is also a serious problem.

If we look at the root causes of these crimes, we see spiritual poverty, greed, excessive ambitions towards the world and enslavement to ourselves.
Such a dirty, disgusting crime does not bypass our country. Unfortunately, our citizens also become victims of human trafficking, we see and hear about this in the media. All this is happening because our state and society are taking decisive measures against this evil. They set themselves the urgent task of protecting our compatriots involved in human trafficking and victims of it.

In our state, where the rule of law reigns, there are human rights and law enforcement agencies that work tirelessly day and night to expose such evils.
In conclusion, the fight against any form of human trafficking will be effective if it is carried out with a serious international approach and mutual legal cooperation.

After all, human trafficking is an unforgivable crime, a grave sin!

Chairman of the Pakhtachi District Court for Criminal Cases A. Kholboev