OSCE Moldova Mission trains judges, prosecutors in combating human trafficking
Trafficked persons are survivors of violent crimes. Support, protection and assistance are crucial to help the person regain her/his life. (Teun Voeten/Hollandse Hoogte, 1999) Photo details
CHISINAU, 29 September 2004 - The first of a series of six anti-trafficking training seminars for judges and prosecutors started today in Orhei, 50 kilometres north of the Moldovan capital.
The seminars are part of a capacity-building project for judges and prosecutors launched last year with financial support from the OSCE Mission to Moldova and implemented by its Moldovan partner, the Judicial Training Centre.
The project is aimed at enhancing and strengthening the capacities of judges and prosecutors to effectively investigate and prosecute cases of human trafficking while respecting the human rights of victims.
Experienced judges, prosecutors, experts from international organizations, psychologists and social workers will conduct the seminars to familiarize over 150 judges and prosecutors from all parts of the country with core aspects of human trafficking. Special emphasis will be put on the trauma and needs of the victims and national as well as international criminal and human rights provisions.
Five seminars of this kind took already place in 2003 and more are planned for 2005.
"With this new series of seminars, which will run until the end of the year, we continue to reach out to judges and prosecutors to provide them with new skills and knowledge in facing the challenges of prosecuting human trafficking cases," Liliana Sorrentino, the Mission's anti-trafficking officer said in her opening speech.
"Trafficked persons are survivors of violent crimes," Sorrentino stressed. "Support, protection and assistance are crucial to help the person regain her/his life."
The training module of this project is based on a human rights and victim-centred approach; it includes reference to both international anti-trafficking instruments and relevant domestic legislation. The curriculum of the training course is based on the "Anti-Trafficking Training Module for Judges and Prosecutors", which was developed by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).
The training seminars are part of the Mission's framework project "Strengthening Protection and Assistance to Victims of Trafficking, Adults and Minors". This two-year project is based on a human rights approach and aims to strengthen capacities and infrastructures for identification, protection of and assistance to victims of trafficking.
The seminars are part of a capacity-building project for judges and prosecutors launched last year with financial support from the OSCE Mission to Moldova and implemented by its Moldovan partner, the Judicial Training Centre.
The project is aimed at enhancing and strengthening the capacities of judges and prosecutors to effectively investigate and prosecute cases of human trafficking while respecting the human rights of victims.
Experienced judges, prosecutors, experts from international organizations, psychologists and social workers will conduct the seminars to familiarize over 150 judges and prosecutors from all parts of the country with core aspects of human trafficking. Special emphasis will be put on the trauma and needs of the victims and national as well as international criminal and human rights provisions.
Five seminars of this kind took already place in 2003 and more are planned for 2005.
"With this new series of seminars, which will run until the end of the year, we continue to reach out to judges and prosecutors to provide them with new skills and knowledge in facing the challenges of prosecuting human trafficking cases," Liliana Sorrentino, the Mission's anti-trafficking officer said in her opening speech.
"Trafficked persons are survivors of violent crimes," Sorrentino stressed. "Support, protection and assistance are crucial to help the person regain her/his life."
The training module of this project is based on a human rights and victim-centred approach; it includes reference to both international anti-trafficking instruments and relevant domestic legislation. The curriculum of the training course is based on the "Anti-Trafficking Training Module for Judges and Prosecutors", which was developed by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).
The training seminars are part of the Mission's framework project "Strengthening Protection and Assistance to Victims of Trafficking, Adults and Minors". This two-year project is based on a human rights approach and aims to strengthen capacities and infrastructures for identification, protection of and assistance to victims of trafficking.