Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan are organizing a training event from 1 to 3 March 2023 in Tashkent for staff of the Office of the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights and the Expert Group on the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture on integrating the issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in detention monitoring.

The training  focuses on best practices and guidelines to integrate the issue of SGBV into monitoring activities. It is based on ODIHR’s publication “Preventing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty”, the first comprehensive international policy guidance related to the prevention of SGBV in the OSCE region and beyond, as well as on ODIHR’s  Guidance Note for Oversight Mechanisms on Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring.

Sexual and gender-based violence in places of deprivation of liberty is an extreme form of discrimination and a serious human rights violation, which continues to be under-reported, under-researched and largely neglected. Oversight mechanisms can play a key role in detecting instances of SGBV in places of deprivation of liberty. It is also now well established that monitoring is an important factor in preventing SGBV and other forms of abuse. 

The training is part of ODIHR’s work to address and prevent SGBV in places of detention across the OSCE region.

The training is by invitation only.