News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana helps prevent human trafficking among vulnerable groups in Kazakhstan’s regions
Publishing date: 15 March 2012
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, 15 March 2012 – The OSCE Centre in Astana launched a series of regional training seminars today to help staff at orphanages and vocational schools prevent human trafficking...
OSCE Special Representative makes recommendations on human trafficking to Canada
Publishing date: 15 March 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro addressed the Government of Canada with recommendations aimed at advancing anti-trafficking action on 15 March 2012...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports regional anti-trafficking efforts
Publishing date: 13 March 2012
Building the capacity of the territorial branches of Uzbekistan’s Inter-agency Anti-trafficking Commission to sustainably and systematically combat human trafficking and to improve co-ordination between the different actors is the focus of a two-day workshop that started at the General Prosecutor’s office in Tashkent on 12 March 2012...
OSCE Special Representative, at UNESCO, says women’s empowerment is key to preventing human trafficking
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, addressed the roundtable meeting "Trafficking in Women and Girls" on the occasion of International Women’s Day at UNESCO on 9 March 2012 in Paris...
OSCE Special Representative meets Romanian authorities to further co-operation on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 29 February 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, on a visit to Bucharest on 28 February 2012, met with high-level authorities, including the State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Alina Bica, and the State Secretary of the Ministry of Administration and Interior, Joan Dascalu...
OSCE Centre in Astana trains judges on anti-trafficking
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
ASTANA, 22 February 2012 –An OSCE-supported training seminar for judges on improving judicial practice in criminal human trafficking cases started today in Astana...
OSCE Special Representative meets Russian journalists to discuss media role in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 6 February 2012
MOSCOW, 6 February 2012- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro met prominent Russian journalists in Moscow today to discuss the role of the media in the fight against human trafficking in the OSCE region. The meeting was organized by the Russian Union of Journalists in co-operation with the Office of the Special Representative...