Uzbek Forum for Human Rights is a Berlin-based NGO dedicated to protecting human rights and strengthening civil society in Uzbekistan. Uzbek Forum has special expertise on labor rights and regularly conducts monitoring of the impact of investments by multilateral development banks, particularly in the agriculture sector.
Since 2009, Uzbek Forum has worked with a network of local human rights activists in Uzbekistan, often working undercover for fear of reprisals by the Uzbek authorities, to expose human rights violations. Uzbek Forum’s network has conducted extensive monitoring of forced and child labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton, silk, and public sectors and has compiled the most comprehensive archive of labor rights violations in Uzbekistan.
Uzbek Forum works with a network of local monitors inside the country who have intimate knowledge of their communities and the social and political landscape of Uzbekistan.
Uzbek Forum has published dozens of reports, articles, videos, and podcasts that have informed policymakers, including Uzbek government officials, investors such as the World Bank, international human rights bodies including the UN, and perhaps most importantly, Uzbek civil society itself.