News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Special Representative calls for victim protection at UK Parliament’s Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
LONDON, 2 December 2013 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, today urged UK lawmakers to enhance the criminal justice response and simultaneously the protection of victims’ rights at the Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review in Westminster.
OSCE promotes inter-agency dialogue on prevention of trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
Preventing human trafficking in Kyrgyzstan and enhancing inter-agency cooperation was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting held on 29 November 2013 in Bishkek...
OSCE hosts meeting for consular officials in Ukraine on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 28 November 2013
A roundtable discussion to promote co-operation between Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv-based embassies and consulates in the prevention of human trafficking was held in the country’s capital on 27 November 2013 with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE Office in Baku holds international seminar on protection of human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
BAKU, 26 November 2013 –An international seminar organized by the OSCE Office on protection mechanisms for victims of human trafficking started in Baku today...
OSCE Special Representative highlights child victims at Vienna anti-trafficking concert
Publishing date: 14 November 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, on 10 November 2013 highlighted the plight of child trafficking victims at an awareness-raising concert in Vienna...
OSCE Special Representative, in Uzbekistan, called for co-operative efforts to stop human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 November 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in a visit to Uzbekistan from 5 to 9 November 2013, met with key government officials and leaders of non-governmental organizations to discuss ways to strengthen action against modern-day slavery, in co-operation with the civil society...
OSCE Special Representative urges prosecutors, judges to fully apply laws, protect human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 28 October 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, on 25 October 2013 told an international conference in Lisbon of judges and prosecutors that national laws criminalising trafficking in human beings must be fully applied to deter the crime of modern day slavery and ensure victim rights protection...