News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative promotes role of partnerships at Human Trafficking Conference in Madrid
Publishing date: 30 October 2015
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, on 30 October 2015 in Madrid, highlighted the importance of partnerships among organizations and States in the fight against human trafficking...
OSCE launches training seminars in Kazakhstan on providing social services to human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 23 October 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana launched a series of four one-day training seminars on 23 October 2015 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on providing social services to victims of human trafficking...
Continued need for legal training to effectively tackle trafficking in human beings and domestic violence in Moldova, concludes OSCE evaluation
Publishing date: 23 October 2015
The training of trainers remains an effective way to disseminate knowledge among legal professionals in handling cases of human trafficking, domestic violence and the sexual exploitation of children through the internet, concludes an evaluation report presented by the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 22 October 2015 in Chisinau...
OSCE Deputy Co-ordinator, in Berlin, marks European anti-trafficking day and welcomes Germany’s efforts to protect victims’ rights
Publishing date: 15 October 2015
BERLIN, 15 October 2015 – The OSCE Deputy Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ruth Freedom Pojman ahead of European Anti-Trafficking Day on 18 October, today welcomed Germany’s initiative to bring the European Union anti-trafficking directive into law, a move which will strengthen the protection of victim’s rights and is also in line with OSCE commitments...
OSCE-supported seminar agrees co-operation modalities to improve identification of human trafficking victims in Ukraine
Publishing date: 15 October 2015
KYIV, 15 October 2015 – Inter-agency co-operation between law enforcers and social service providers to improve the identification of human trafficking victims is the focus of a two-day workshop, which started today with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE trains Ukrainian law enforcers to fight IT-facilitated human trafficking crimes
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organized a specialized training course from 5 to 9 October 2015 in Kyiv for 20 police officers from Ukraine’s Interior Ministry on investigating and combating human trafficking crimes committed with the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)...
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports launch of Anti-trafficking Commission in Gagauzia
Publishing date: 8 October 2015
An event to launch the activities of a Territorial Commission on Anti-trafficking for the Autonomous Territorial Unit (ATU) of Gagauzia was held in Comrat on 6 October 2015 with the support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. Members of the local Commission, the Permanent Secretariat of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and representatives of the OSCE Mission to Moldova attended the event...