OSCE launches new anti-trafficking training programme for Moldovan judges and prosecutors
(OSCE/Victor Munteanu)Ambassador William Hill, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova and Valeria Sterbet, chairwoman of the Supreme Court of Justice, at the launch of a new anti-trafficking programme, 24 March 2004. (OSCE/Victor Munteanu) Photo details
CHISINAU, 24 March 2004 - The OSCE Mission to Moldova has inaugurated a new project aimed at training Moldovan judges and prosecutors in successful prosecution methods to combat human trafficking.
The training project will consist of five seminars taking place over the next four months. They use a human rights and victim-centred approach and are based on a training module developed by the Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings.
"Our objective with this new initiative is to support the country's judges and prosecutors in their work to fight trafficking by improving their skills and capabilities," said Liliana Sorrentino, Anti-Trafficking Officer at the OSCE Mission. "The goal of the Mission's overall anti-trafficking programme, which strengthens the protection of trafficking victims and gives them assistance, is to ensure that traffickers are prosecuted while the human rights of victims are protected."
The participants, which will include judges and prosecutors from Chisinau, Balti and Cahul as well as representatives of non-governmental and international organizations, will receive training on international anti-trafficking instruments and domestic legislation.
The training programme forms part of a partnership with the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Judicial Training Centre and is jointly funded by the OSCE Mission and the OSCE's Warsaw-based Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. It takes place within the framework of a major two-year anti-trafficking project conducted by the OSCE in Moldova under the title of "Strengthening Protection and Assistance to Victims of Trafficking, Adults and Minors".
The training project will consist of five seminars taking place over the next four months. They use a human rights and victim-centred approach and are based on a training module developed by the Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings.
"Our objective with this new initiative is to support the country's judges and prosecutors in their work to fight trafficking by improving their skills and capabilities," said Liliana Sorrentino, Anti-Trafficking Officer at the OSCE Mission. "The goal of the Mission's overall anti-trafficking programme, which strengthens the protection of trafficking victims and gives them assistance, is to ensure that traffickers are prosecuted while the human rights of victims are protected."
The participants, which will include judges and prosecutors from Chisinau, Balti and Cahul as well as representatives of non-governmental and international organizations, will receive training on international anti-trafficking instruments and domestic legislation.
The training programme forms part of a partnership with the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Judicial Training Centre and is jointly funded by the OSCE Mission and the OSCE's Warsaw-based Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. It takes place within the framework of a major two-year anti-trafficking project conducted by the OSCE in Moldova under the title of "Strengthening Protection and Assistance to Victims of Trafficking, Adults and Minors".