🇺🇿 In 2021 #Uzbekistan eradicated state-imposed forced labor of cotton pickers but cotton farmers remain at risk of #ForcedLabor and exploitation. On #WorldCottonDay, we call on the Uzbek government to abolish mandatory crop allocation and empower farmers. tinyurl.com/y263tkh8 #Cotton #Farmers

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If you missed it last week, the @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social panel with @tumarov.bsky.social and me talking about #Uzbekistan's decade under Mirziyoyev is now available to watch at this link - tune in! www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/s...

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Join @djleufer.bsky.social, our Senior Policy Analyst, and experts from Signal, the UK AI Security Institute, Diversa + the Swiss Federal Office of Communications at RightsCon Continues for a chat on rights-respecting AI governance. 📅 Sep 22 | 9:15 pm CEST rightscon.summit.tc/catalog/righ...

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On day five of our discussion on the World Bank Group’s new IAM policy, we are discussing recommendations for ensuring that the IAM’s key functions — dispute resolution, compliance review, and advisory — effectively address communities’ concerns and facilitate remedy and institutional change.

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It’s day four! Today, we are discussing how the new World Bank Group independent accountability mechanism should respect complainants’ choices in the process.

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