News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE, Council of Europe hold workshop for judges and prosecutors on protecting human trafficking victims’ rights
Publishing date: 27 April 2015
STRASBOURG, France, 27 April 2015 – The OSCE and the Council of Europe launched today a two-day workshop for judges and prosecutors to discuss important measures that will enable them to strengthen the legal rights of human trafficking victims...
OSCE supports working group meeting on social standards for human trafficking victims in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 April 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the final meeting of the interdepartmental working group established with the aim to develop standards of social services for victims of human trafficking that was held in Almaty on 24 April 2015...
OSCE officials highlight co-operation by regional and global organizations as key to fighting transnational crime
Publishing date: 15 April 2015
DOHA, 15 April 2015 – Two senior OSCE officials speaking on Tuesday at the Thirteenth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, which runs from 12-19 April in Doha, stressed the need for common efforts by regional and global organizations to more effectively combat transnational organized crime...
Monitors from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine focus on human trafficking during Kyiv training
Publishing date: 8 April 2015
KYIV, 8 April 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, stressed the importance of raising awareness about human trafficking among monitors from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) at the end of a two-day training designed to improve their ability to spot this heinous crime...
OSCE Special Representative promotes sustainable assistance to children without parental care in Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 3 April 2015
MINSK, 3 April 2015 – Preparing children to live independently after they leave state-run boarding schools is a key step in combating human trafficking in minors,” said on Friday OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova.
OSCE Special Representative, in Skopje, welcomes authorities’ latest efforts in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 26 March 2015
SKOPJE, 26 March 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, praised the country’s authorities for its efforts, supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, to combat modern-day slavery at the conclusion of a four-day visit to the country...
OSCE supports efforts to promote co-operation between Kyrgyz agencies on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 24 March 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosted a co-ordination meeting of representatives of different Kyrgyz agencies on 18 March 2015, with the aim of securing the support of state institutions and civil society for establishing a platform for action to implement the 2013-2016 National Programme against Human Trafficking...