Roundtable on Challenges and Solutions in Promoting Business Respect for Human Rights Across the Supply Chain

On December 15, 2023, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, jointly with the National Center for Human Rights and the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Persons and Forced Labor, held a roundtable discussion  on Challenges and Solutions in Promoting Business Respect for Human Rights Across the Supply Chain.

Fifty (twelve women and 38 men) representatives from the govenment agencies and business entities exchanged good practices on ensuring respect for human rights in the supply chain, and discussed methods for identifying the challenges with respect for human rights that companies encounter at various levels of business operations. 

During the event, the leading experts presented operational approaches to build a more equitable, inclusive, and responsible business world. In addition, a brief introduction to the draft National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights was presented at the roundtable.

This Roundtable was organised in the framework of the PCUz project “Promoting Gender Equality and Combating Human Trafficking”.