Activities
Anti-trafficking
The fight against trafficking - in human beings, in small arms and light weapons and in drugs - has been a top priority for the OSCE in recent years.
Trafficking in human beings is one of the most pressing and complex issues in the OSCE region. Every year, thousands of women, children and men are trafficked to or from OSCE States. Actions the OSCE takes include legislative reforms, training of law enforcement authorities and improving the security of travel documents. The economic impact of all these forms of trafficking is also closely followed.
OSCE Institutions combating trafficking:
- Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
- Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
- Secretariat - Action against Terrorism Unit
- Secretariat - Conflict Prevention Centre
- Secretariat - Strategic Police Matters Unit
Features
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports co-ordination mechanism to help trafficking victims
The adoption of new OSCE-supported guidelines on the proper treatment of trafficked persons will help the Government in Skopje to tackle the problem of identifying and assisting trafficking victims.
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Moldovan helps trafficking victims with hotline work
Victoria is a psychologist by profession and an optimist by nature - and somebody who discovered that helping others can change her life for the better, too.
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OSCE provides anti-trafficking training for Ukrainian regional officials
A series of anti-trafficking training sessions for regional government officials is the latest step in the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine's work to combat trafficking in human beings.
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"Human trafficking is a serious crime that violates human dignity and poses a threat to human security in our societies. The OSCE, on the basis of its comprehensive and multidimensional approach to security, its unique geographical representation and the substantial framework of its political commitments, plays an important role in combating trafficking in human beings."Eva Biaudet, Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings