News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative marks 25 years of UN Convention on children’s rights, urges more protection efforts
Publishing date: 25 November 2014
PARIS, 25 November 2014 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, said today that more must be done despite 25 years of progress following the adoption of the UN’s International Convention on the Rights of the Child...
USAID, OSCE support Azerbaijan in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 20 November 2014
BAKU, 20 November 2014- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Project Co-ordinator in Baku today signed a Declaration to co-operate on and support combating human trafficking in Azerbaijan. The Declaration was signed by Dereck Hogan, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Baku, and Ambassador Alexis Chahtahtinsky, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku...
OSCE introduces best practices of human trafficking prosecution to Ukrainian law enforcers
Publishing date: 14 November 2014
More than 120 police officers, prosecutors and judges from all over Ukraine discussed ways of enhancing the prosecution of human trafficking offences at a two-day international conference, organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator on 13-14 November in Kyiv...
OSCE Centre concludes series of anti-trafficking seminars for judges in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 November 2014
ASTANA, 11 November 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar for judges from regional courts on good practices in dealing with human trafficking cases began today in Astana...
OSCE Special Representative launches publication calling for action to stop human trafficking in the private sector
Publishing date: 4 November 2014
Businesses which procure products and services have an important role to play in preventing human trafficking, by setting minimum standards to be met by all their suppliers, concludes a new publication launched on 4 November 2014 by the OSCE’s Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova...
Measures to prevent domestic servitude in diplomatic households highlighted in new OSCE handbook
Publishing date: 4 November 2014
A new handbook for relevant authorities across the OSCE region on how to prevent human trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude in diplomatic households was launched by the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, on 4 November 2014 in Vienna...
OSCE Special Representative says ‘do the right thing’ and take ethical approach to combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 4 November 2014
VIENNA, 4 November 2014 – Ethical approaches in corporate codes of conduct, government procurement regulations and empowering workers are a key part of the struggle against modern-day slavery, said the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, today at the opening of the 14th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference in Vienna...