News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports presentation of report on migrant workers’ and human trafficking victims’ rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 September 2017
ASTANA, 14 September 2017 – An OSCE-supported analytical report, produced by the Human Rights Commission under the President, on the rights of migrant workers and human trafficking victims in Kazakhstan was presented today at the Foreign Ministry in Astana....
OSCE supports anti-trafficking training seminars for law enforcement officers and social workers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 August 2017
Some 100 law-enforcement officers, social workers and representatives of the local Akimat (regional administration) from the Atyrau, Aktobe, Mangystau and Western Kazakhstan regions as well as the city of Aktau took part in the last in a series of four OSCE-supported training seminars on anti-trafficking practices and procedures in Aktau, Kazakhstan, which concluded on 4 August 2017....
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports State Migration Service in marking World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Publishing date: 1 August 2017
Opportunities, challenges and perspectives in combating and preventing human trafficking in Kyrgyzstan were the focus of a roundtable discussion organized by the Kyrgyz State Migration Service and supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek on 28 July 2017. The event was held ahead of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July...
Travel document security focus of OSCE training in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 July 2017
An OSCE-organized five-day training course on the detection of forged documents and imposters took place in Ashgabat from 24 to 28 July 2017. The course brought together representatives from Turkmenistan’s Interior and National Security Ministries, the State Border Service, and the State Migration Service...
OSCE and the Russian Federation join efforts to fight human trafficking through public-private partnerships
Publishing date: 21 July 2017
Moscow, 21 July 2017- The Conference on “Public-Private Partnership in the Fight Against Human Trafficking” organized by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, concluded today at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Ensuring risk reduction of human trafficking in crisis situations remains high on agendas the objective of OSCE Special Representative’s visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 July 2017
KYIV, 10 July 2017 – OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, on 7 July concluded an official visit to Ukraine aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking and the risks encountered by vulnerable groups as a consequence of the ongoing crisis...
Combating human trafficking for labour exploitation focus of OSCE-supported international conference in Kyiv
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
KYIV, 6 July 2017 – Some 180 key anti-trafficking stakeholders and international experts met today in Kyiv for a two-day conference focused on streamlining efforts to combat labour exploitation...