News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Human trafficking is intolerable in a civilized world, says OSCE Special Representative on Anti-Trafficking Day
Publishing date: 18 October 2011
VIENNA, 18 October 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called on governments to intensify the fight against modern-day slavery and prioritize victims’ rights on the occasion of the European Union Anti-Trafficking Day on 18 October...
OSCE promotes support for victims of human trafficking in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
Establishing a more systemic and sustainable protection of the rights of victims of human trafficking and labour exploitation through national referral mechanisms is the focus of an OSCE-supported three-day workshop that opened in Tashkent on 10 October, 2011...
Better child protection can prevent trafficking, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 6 October concluded that improving local and national child-protection systems can effectively curb the trafficking of children...
Access to justice for victims of trafficking
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Victims of trafficking must have access to justice and effective legal remedies, participants at the OSCE’s annual human rights conference said on 6 October...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat supports training course to prevent human trafficking among vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 4 October 2011
ASHGABAT, 4 October 2011 – Twenty-five social workers from Turkmenistan’s regions participated in an OSCE-supported training course on preventing the trafficking of persons with disabilities that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE, UNODC hold expert seminar on curbing money laundering to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
VIENNA, 3 October 2011 – An expert seminar organized by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on leveraging efforts to fight human trafficking through clamping down on money laundering started in Vienna today...
USAID, OSCE team up to help Azerbaijan combat human trafficking, promote access to justice
Publishing date: 29 September 2011
BAKU, 29 September 2011- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Office in Baku today signed a grant agreement to co-operate on combating trafficking in persons and strengthen access to justice in Azerbaijan...