"This workshop was very important for us as military faculty lecturers in terms of sharing and learning new methods of teaching and exchanging experiences", said Abdulkhoshim Sotvoldiev, Senior Lecturer at Pre-conscription Military Training Faculty of the Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizomi. "I believe that such events help bring the education process in military faculties to a new, improved level".

The programme of the event included discussions among representatives of the Ministries of Defense and Education as well as specialists from military lyceums and military education faculties on integration of IHL into the curricula, and on teaching IHL basics by including humanitarian elements in tactical exercises through examples shown in the Military Communication Academic Lyceum in Tashkent. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the Centre for Specialized Secondary, Vocational Education of the Ministry of Higher and Specialized Secondary Education and the National Red Crescent Society of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

ICRC has worked in the region since 1992, and cooperated with military lyceums in Central Asian countries since 2003. The Insitution disseminates knowledge on IHL and assists in its integration into national legislation, education programmes of schools and universities, as well as doctrines, guiding principles and training programmes for military personnel.