Uzbekistan now bans those who commit sexual violence against minors from working with children

She said the law "On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with further improvement of the system of reliable protection of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of women and children," drafted by a working group created in the Senate, was adopted in April.

Based on this document, the legislation prohibits persons who have committed harassment and violence against minors from working in children's education, upbringing, health-improvement, sports and creative organisations.

"Yesterday, a special government decree approved the procedure for keeping a register of persons who have committed sexual violence against minors. Now this register includes persons previously convicted of premeditated murder, assault on the honour of a minor, distribution of pornographic products depicting a minor, complicity in a crime involving a minor, organisation or maintenance of brothels, terrorism, as well as other types of crimes. The register is formed and maintained through a special information system," the Senate Chairwoman said.

According to Tanzila Narbayeva, the processes related to hiring of persons included in the register will be controlled on the basis of information received from this information system.

"Such changes in our legislation are more appropriate than ever for the demands of the time and extremely important for humanity.

We are facing a number of other issues that are waiting to be resolved in this area. We will pay special attention to further improvement of legislation, strengthening of propaganda work, actively continuing our work in this direction," she said.

Ms Narbayeva emphasised that from now on the reliable protection of the rights of our women and children will be a priority in our activities.

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