News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
European anti-trafficking day: “Human beings with human rights that must be protected”
Publishing date: 18 October 2013
GENEVA, 18 October 2013 – Three key international anti-trafficking expert mechanisms today called for a concerted global response to fight the transnational scourge of trafficking in persons...
On European Anti-Trafficking Day OSCE Chair calls for efficient implementation by all participating States of their commitment to eliminate trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 18 October 2013
ASHGABAT, 18 October 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara marked European Anti-Trafficking Day today by calling for efficient implementation by all participating States of their commitments to eradicate trafficking in human beings...
OSCE Special Representative calls for business community to step up efforts to eliminate human trafficking
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called on global businesses to renew their commitment to stamp out human trafficking across the supply chain at a roundtable discussion hosted by the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 10 October 2013...
Prevention of domestic servitude in diplomatic households imperative, says OSCE Special Representative, in The Hague
Publishing date: 10 October 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at a workshop held in The Hague from 8 to 9 October 2013 urged the Organization’s participating States to work together to prevent the little-known phenomenon of the exploitation of domestic workers by employers enjoying diplomatic immunities...
Rights of human trafficking victims discussed by OSCE Special Representative, legal experts, in Warsaw
Publishing date: 1 October 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, and a group of legal experts underscored the importance of protecting trafficking victims’ rights during a side event at the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 30 September 2013...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on investigative reporting skills
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
As part of its investigative reporting skills training project for Azerbaijani journalists, the OSCE Office in Baku organized the third training course for journalists focusing on human trafficking and forced labour cases from 26 to 27 September 2013, in Guba city, north of Azerbaijan...
OSCE trains diplomatic personnel to identify, assist and protect victims of human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
TASHKENT, 19 September 2013- A two-day training course for diplomatic and consular staff of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry started in Tashkent today focusing on quick and accurate identification of human trafficking victims...