Secretariat - Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings

The OSCE plays an active role in the fight against trafficking in human beings (THB). All participating States have agreed on numerous political commitments that confirm their primary responsibility for addressing THB. The States have tasked the OSCE institutions, structures and field operations to assist in the implementation of those commitments.

The Office of the Special Representative closely co-operates, in a co-ordinating role, with relevant OSCE institutions, structures and field operations mandated to combat trafficking. One of its goals is to avoid duplication, ensure complementarity and coherence, and, as appropriate, to seek to develop an integrated approach in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in the OSCE region.

Since its establishment, the Office of the Special Representative has actively pursued such co-operation and co-ordination. The Office relies on existing expertise in the Organization, and consults closely with all relevant OSCE bodies, including the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the structures of the Secretariat such as the Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), the Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU), and the Senior Gender Adviser, as well as the extensive network of OSCE anti-trafficking focal points in field operations.

Secretariat

• Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA)
• Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU)

Institutions

• Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

Field Operations

South-Eastern Europe

• OSCE Presence in Albania
• OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
• OSCE Mission to Croatia
• OSCE Mission to Montenegro
• OSCE Mission to Serbia
• OSCE Mission in Kosovo
• OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

Eastern Europe

• OSCE Office in Minsk (Belarus)
• OSCE Mission to Moldova
• OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine

Caucasus

• OSCE Office in Baku (Azerbaijan)
• OSCE Office in Georgia
• OSCE Office in Yerevan (Armenia)

Central Asia

• OSCE Centre in Ashgabad (Turkmenistan)
• OSCE Centre in Astana (Kazakhstan)
• OSCE Centre in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)
• OSCE Centre in Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
• OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan