19th meeting of SCO Prosecutors General to be hosted by Solicitor General of India on Oct 29

New Delhi: The Nineteenth Meeting of Prosecutors General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, SCO Member States will be hosted by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on 29th of this month.

In this connection, Secretary of Department of Legal Affairs in Ministry of Law and Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta along with other senior officials will also host the preceding meetings of the Experts and Officials today and tomorrow. Both the meetings will be conducted through video conferencing.

The Experts Group will discuss and share their experiences, best practices and the governing laws of the country relating to the agenda of the meeting that is Combating the Menace of Trafficking of persons especially in Women and Children and shall also finalize the draft protocol, to be signed in the meeting of Prosecutors General.

In the Nineteenth Meeting of Prosecutors



General of the SCO, Member States will further deliberate on strengthening cooperation in preventing and combating the growing threat of trafficking in persons especially women and children, exchange of information and best practices in the field of laws, cooperation amongst the educational training institutions and anti-trafficking bodies of the SCO Member States.

A Protocol incorporating the deliberations and decisions of the Nineteenth Meeting of Prosecutors General will be signed and adopted by the SCO Member States.

The Prosecutors and Attorney General and senior officials and experts from the Ministries of Law and Justice of India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will participate in the meeting. The SCO Secretariat will be providing necessary assistance during the three-day deliberations.