News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE official calls for human rights approach to combat trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 21 October 2014
Ruth Freedom Pojman, OSCE Deputy Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, called for a human rights approach to combating trafficking in human beings on 16 October 2014 at a conference on victim protection in Canada and Europe at the University of Ottawa, co-organized with the Austrian and Swiss Embassies to Canada...
Unite to fight against modern day slavery, international organization heads say
Publishing date: 17 October 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, 17 October 2014 – Heads of three international organizations have issued a call to citizens from all walks of life to join the fight against modern day slavery ahead of tomorrow’s European Anti-Trafficking Day...
OSCE, Council of Europe join forces to protect human trafficking victims’ rights
Publishing date: 9 October 2014
STRASBOURG, France, 9 October 2014 – The OSCE and the Council of Europe today launched a joint two-day workshop that brings together judges and prosecutors to discuss key challenges in supporting the legal rights of human trafficking victims.
OSCE promotes social entrepreneurship as tool to prevent human trafficking in Ukraine
Publishing date: 29 September 2014
KYIV, Ukraine, 29 September 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator jointly with the Social Policy Ministry of Ukraine, today launched, in Kyiv, a project aiming to support social business models as a way to tackle the urgent challenges of trafficking in human beings...
OSCE supports study visit of Azerbaijani experts to Hungary on combatting human trafficking
Publishing date: 22 September 2014
BAKU/BUDAPEST, 22 September 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku, in co-operation with the Interior Ministry of Hungary is supporting a five-day visit to Hungary, which starts today, by representatives of Azerbaijan’s government and civil society working on preventing and combatting human trafficking...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports national dialogue on social services for victims of cruel treatment
Publishing date: 17 September 2014
ASTANA, 17 September 2014 – A roundtable discussion as part of the National Dialogue series on access to special social services for victims of cruel treatment, including victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, took place today in Astana...
OSCE-supported conference on combating human trafficking opened in Tashkent
Publishing date: 17 September 2014
TASHKENT, 17 September 2014 – The National Conference on Trafficking in Human Beings with a focus on capacity-building of governmental and non-governmental actors opened in Tashkent yesterday. The conference is co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, the Republican Inter-agency Commission on Combating Human Trafficking and the General Prosecutor`s Office...