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OSCE-ILO-IOM present handbook on managing migration in the Mediterranean region

Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Migration
RABAT, 12 December 2007- Enhanced co-operation and more targeted policies are needed to effectively manage increasingly complex labour migration patterns in the Mediterranean, argues a new handbook presented today by the OSCE...

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
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
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 media freedom representative concerned about suspension of television stations in Georgia

Publishing date: 8 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Rule of law
VIENNA, 8 November 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today about the suspension of the work of Imedi TV, Georgia's most watched independent broadcaster and Kavkasia TV, which transmits in Tbilisi...

OSCE conference to focus on helping governments combat sexual exploitation of children

Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education
VIENNA, 16 October 2007- Prevention, protection of victims and co-ordination of efforts to tackle commercial sexual exploitation of children is the focus of a two-day OSCE conference that starts Thursday in Vienna...

OSCE media freedom representative calls on Tajikistan to protect free flow of information on Internet

Publishing date: 21 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Rule of law
VIENNA, 21 September 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today called on Tajikistan to bring its legislation in line with its OSCE commitments by revoking recent criminal code amendments...

OSCE plays key role in fight against human trafficking, top official says

Publishing date: 11 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
VIENNA, 11 September 2007- The OSCE plays a key role in the fight against human trafficking, Silvia Escobar, Spanish Ambassador at Large for Human Rights, said at a meeting on how to best support trafficking victims that concluded today in Vienna...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator launches anti-trafficking training sessions for Ukrainian regional authorities

Publishing date: 3 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Education
KYIV, 3 July 2007- About 400 Ukrainian regional governmental officials will participate in a series of 15 regional training sessions on how to fight human trafficking that will be held in July and August as part of a project launched today by the OSCE...