News and press releases

Protecting groups vulnerable to human trafficking along migration routes and in destination countries is the focus of the 2015 Alliance conference, where during the next two days leading experts are looking for new ways to assist at-risk migrants...

SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 26 June 2015 – The OSCE Programme Office in Astana took part in the presentation of the Special Report on Current Challenges in the Protection of Human Rights in Countering Human Trafficking in Kazakhstan and supported a roundtable discussion on special social services for victims of cruel treatment that took place today in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan Region...

LISBON, 25 June 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, today underscored the need to improve victim identification at an international seminar on key challenges in the fight against modern-day slavery...

COPENHAGEN, 22 June 2015 – The migrant crisis in the Mediterranean is a challenge not just for the countries of that region but for the whole of Europe, concluded the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), at the close of her four-day visit to Rome, Lampedusa, Catania and Mineo on Sunday...

TASHKENT, 22 June 2015 – A two-day training course on improving judicial responses to human trafficking, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Lawyers’ Training Centre under the Uzbek Justice Ministry, was launched today in Tashkent...

LAMPEDUSA, Italy, 20 June 2015 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), is in Lampedusa, Italy today, where she is meeting with migrants, refugees and officials at the Lampedusa First Aid and Reception Center, as well as with representatives of NGOs working to help alleviate the human crisis in the Mediterranean...

KYIV, 19 June 2015- A roundtable discussion to promote co-operation between the Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv-based embassies and consulates to prevent human trafficking was held today with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...