News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative praises Azerbaijan’s efforts to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 March 2015
BAKU, 13 March 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova today praised the government for its progress in the fight against human trafficking...
OSCE organizes study visit for Kazakhstan delegation to Serbia on National mechanism for victims of human trafficking
Publishing date: 6 March 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana organized a visit to Belgrade for Kazakhstan’s parliamentarians, representatives of the Health Care and Social Development and Interior Ministries and civil society activists from 4 to 7 March 2015. The purpose of the visit is to study Serbia’s experience in establishing a National Referral Mechanism for Victims of Human Trafficking...
OSCE publishes human trafficking report on Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 26 February 2015
The Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings today, on 26 February 2015, issued an official country visit report on the Republic of Uzbekistan, following an official country visit carried out by her Office...
OSCE Special Representative encourages enhanced co-operation with Commonwealth of Independent States in fight against human trafficking
Publishing date: 11 February 2015
MOSCOW, 11 February 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, at the conclusion of a three-day visit to Moscow today announced plans to intensify co-operation with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
OSCE Programme Office continues training judges on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 4 February 2015
ASTANA, 4 February 2015 – The first in a series of six two-day training seminars for judges in 2015, on good legislative and judicial practices to combat trafficking in human beings began today in Astana...
Experts meet at OSCE in Vienna to prevent trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households
Publishing date: 9 December 2014
VIENNA, 9 December 2014 – High-level diplomats from across the OSCE region met at the Secretariat today to discuss ways to stamp out trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households, focusing on the outcomes from a series of workshops held by the Organization’s anti-trafficking Office during the past three years...
OSCE helps Ukrainian anti-trafficking NGOs refine ideas for social businesses
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
Representatives of four Ukrainian civil society organisations had a chance to refine their social business ideas, intended to support their anti-trafficking activities, at a three-day intensive training workshop in Kyiv that ended on Thursday, 27 November 2014. The event organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in co-operation with the country’s Ministry of Social Policy gathered civil society activists from Kyiv, Lviv, Vinnytsya and Zhytomyr regions...