Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeSecretariat - Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
The Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings supports the development and implementation of anti-trafficking policies in OSCE participating States.
Trafficking victims who commit crimes under coercion should not be punished, says OSCE Special Representative
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, issued on 25 April 2013 a series of policy and legislative recommendations to help ensure that judicial and law enforcement officials do not prosecute trafficking victims for crimes they have been compelled to commit by their exploiters. Among such crimes is the use of false documents or forced labour in a cannabis factory...
Reporting on human trafficking manual published by OSCE, Moscow University, Russian Union of Journalists
The OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, the Moscow State University and the Russian Union of Journalists on 28 March 2013 published a course book for journalism students writing about human trafficking...
OSCE Special Representative stresses victims’ rights at Krakow conference on trafficking in human beings
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said at a judicial training seminar in Krakow, Poland on 14 March 2013 that trafficked people’s legal rights must be upheld and given the same importance as punishing perpetrators in court...
OSCE Special Representative calls for more co-operation to prevent human trafficking in Mediterranean
ROME, 8 February 2013 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for greater dialogue and co-operation among Mediterranean States at a seminar today on human trafficking in the region...
OSCE Special Representative to hold seminar on preventing human trafficking in Mediterranean region
ROME, 5 February 2013 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, will hold a high-level seminar on preventing trafficking in human beings in the Mediterranean region on 8 February in Rome.
Interview with Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro discussing a number of trafficking-related issues, including links with poverty and discrimination, sexual and labour exploitation, organ removal, and trafficking for domestic servitude.
OSCE Special Representative encourages Portugal to continue its anti-trafficking efforts
LISBON, 30 November 2012 - The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at the close of her visit to Portugal today, praised the government for giving priority to the fight against human trafficking...
OSCE Special Representative links human trafficking and migration at Bucharest conference
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, focused on the links between human trafficking and migration at a major international conference on combating trafficking and protecting victims in South East Europe...
Press releases
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Policy and legislative recommendations towards the effective implementation of the non-punishment provision with regard to victims of trafficking
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Combating Trafficking as Modern-Day Slavery: A Matter of Non-Discrimination and Empowerment
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Factsheet on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in the OSCE Region
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Unprotected Work, Invisible Exploitation: Trafficking for the Purpose of Domestic Servitude
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An Agenda for the Prevention of Human Trafficking: Non-Discrimination and Empowerment
Special Representative Maria Grazia Giammarinaro’s lecture at the Oxford Law Faculty on preventing trafficking in human beings -
Exploitation of workers makes for a sour harvest
Special Representative Maria Grazia Giammarinaro’s opinion piece for The Scotsman newspaper on labour exploitation in the European agriculture market -
U.S. Department of State video of TIP Hero Award ceremony
Special Representative Maria Grazia Giammarinaro receives the TIP Hero Award from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -
Vatican Radio interview: Stopping human trafficking in the Mediterranean
Special Representative Maria Grazia Giammarinaro discusses the OSCE’s work to combat trafficking in the Mediterranean at the February Rome Seminar -
U.S. Mission to the OSCE interview: more than 3 million subjected to trafficking in the OSCE region
Special Representative Maria Grazia Giammarinaro discusses the work that led to her recognition as a 2012 TIP Hero by the U.S. Department of State -
Policy Dilemmas in Preventing Trafficking in Human Beings
Lecture delivered at the Institute of International and European Affairs, Dublin, 2 February 2011 -
An Agenda for Prevention
2011 Annual Report of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings -
Combating Trafficking as Modern-Day Slavery: A Matter of Rights, Freedoms and Security
2010 Annual Report of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings -
Analysing the Business Model of Trafficking in Human Beings to Better Prevent the Crime
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Joint Statement on Child Protection, Especially among Migrant, Undocumented, Unaccompanied, Separated and Asylum Seeking Children, to enhance Prevention of Child Trafficking
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Message from the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
Message ahead of the Alliance conference in Vienna on preventing trafficking for labour exploitation -
Prevention of modern slavery
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