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OSCE representative urges parliamentarians to step up fight against human trafficking
Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 12 February 2008- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, said today that parliamentarians have a crucial role to play in the fight against trafficking...
OSCE workshop discusses compensation for trafficked persons
Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BARCELONA, 12 December 2007- Compensating victims of trafficking is the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that concludes today in Barcelona...
OSCE helps develop comprehensive anti-trafficking response in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 11 December 2007- Developing a comprehensive response to human trafficking in Azerbaijan is the aim of new project that was launched with a workshop in Baku today...
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes anti-trafficking standards and mechanisms
Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 10 December 2007- International standards and practices in the fight against trafficking in human beings, as well as relevant domestic laws and their implementation, are the focus of two regional seminars organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE-supported project that opened a shelter for trafficking victims hailed a success
Publishing date: 14 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 14 November 2007- The establishment of a shelter that has helped 41 human trafficking victims so far was the main achievement of a two-year OSCE-supported project, the conclusion of which was marked by OSCE and other officials in Skopje today...
OSCE Mission calls for referral mechanism for trafficking victims in Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PRISTINA, 31 October 2007- The number of local victims of human trafficking is growing, and improved mechanisms are needed to help identify and assist these people, said the OSCE Mission in an assessment presented today...
Judicial handling of trafficking cases in Kosovo a concern, says OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 30 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PRISTINA, 30 October 2007- Kosovo has made progress with efforts to fight trafficking, but improvements in the way trafficking cases are handled by the judiciary are still needed, according to an OSCE Mission report published today...