News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
More protections needed for domestic workers' rights, OSCE Special Representative says in Cork
Publishing date: 19 October 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said that much of the domestic work sector remains hidden in the shadows of the global economy and more must be done to protect the rights of its overwhelmingly female labour force...
OSCE Special Representative calls for redoubled efforts against modern-day slavery on Anti-Trafficking Day
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for new approaches in the fight against the growing problem of modern-day slavery on the occasion of the European Union Anti-Trafficking Day today...
OSCE supports nationwide discussion on implementing comprehensive anti-trafficking law in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
KYIV, 18 October 2012 – A national roundtable discussion on implementing Ukraine’s law on combating trafficking in human beings started in Kyiv today with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Greater awareness key to human trafficking prevention, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 October 2012 – On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, today representatives of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo called for greater awareness of the threat of human trafficking. The appeal was made during a presentation of selected poems and essays written by high school students from different Kosovo communities on this topic...
OSCE Special Representative, at Alliance conference in Vienna, says discrimination cause of trafficking
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
VIENNA, 11 October 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at an OSCE-hosted conference, outlined today how discrimination serves as an underlying cause of human trafficking and called for new strategies to fight...
OSCE Special Representative urges Azerbaijan to enhance measures for addressing labour trafficking
Publishing date: 27 September 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in a three-day trip to Baku from 24 to 26 September 2012 called on the government to increase efforts to combat trafficking for labour exploitation, particularly in cases involving labour migrants in construction and domestic work...
OSCE trains Uzbekistan’s diplomatic staff to protect human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 17 September 2012
TASHKENT, 17 September 2012- A three-day OSCE training course to help Uzbekistan’s diplomatic and consular personnel identify, assist and protect trafficking victims started today in Tashkent...