1. The powers of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic in the sphere of preventing and combating human trafficking include:

- implementation of state policy in the sphere of preventing and combating human trafficking and its implementation;

- development and adoption of regulatory legal acts of the Kyrgyz Republic in the sphere of preventing and combating human trafficking, control over their observance;

- development, approval and implementation of national programs in the sphere of preventing and combating human trafficking;

- (paragraph five has lost force in accordance with the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated November 18, 2011, No. 218);

- creation and ensuring the functioning of a unified system of public administration in the sphere of preventing and combating human trafficking;

- implementation of international cooperation in the sphere of preventing and combating human trafficking and fulfillment of obligations under international treaties.

2. In order to protect and provide assistance to persons who have suffered from human trafficking, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, in close cooperation with non-governmental organizations:

- develops and adopts regulatory legal acts of the Kyrgyz Republic on providing assistance and protection to persons who have suffered from human trafficking;

- develops, approves and implements programs on providing assistance and protection to persons who have suffered from human trafficking;

- implements measures to protect the rights and interests of victims of human trafficking who have returned to the Kyrgyz Republic;

- carries out activities to improve the mechanisms for the return of victims of human trafficking;

- monitors the provision of assistance to persons who have suffered from human trafficking.

(As amended by the Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic of November 18, 2011, No. 218, January 11, 2018, No. 2, January 24, 2023, No. 8)

1. Coordination of the activities of bodies to prevent and combat human trafficking shall be carried out by an authorized state body (hereinafter referred to as the authorized body), determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic.

2. The authorized body shall solve the following tasks:

a) develop the foundations of state policy in the field of preventing and combating human trafficking in the Kyrgyz Republic and recommendations aimed at improving the efficiency of work to identify and eliminate the causes and conditions contributing to the emergence of human trafficking and the implementation of human trafficking activities;

b) collect and analyze information on the scale, status and trends of human trafficking in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic;

c) considers proposals from executive authorities to create temporary shelters for victims of human trafficking, and monitors the work and functioning of special institutions for the prevention and combating of human trafficking in accordance with the tasks assigned to them;

d) participates in the preparation of international treaties of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of preventing and combating human trafficking;

d) develops proposals to improve the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of preventing and combating human trafficking;

e) organizes campaigns to raise public awareness of the problems of human trafficking.