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Local art students in Dushanbe designed posters to raise awareness about the problem of human trafficking, as part of a campaign supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan in 2011.

ODIHR facilitates discussion on National Referral Mechanisms for victims of trafficking in Central Asia

22 May 2013
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized a roundtable for Central Asian experts responsible for developing and implementing national anti-trafficking policies on 21 and 22 May in Istanbul...
(L-r) Cindy Dyer, Vice-President of the non-governmental organization Vital Voices Global Partnership; Mariana Katzarova, ODIHR’s Senior Adviser on Anti-Trafficking Issues; Ajla van Heel, ODIHR Gender Officer, and Marieke van Doorninck, City Councillor in Amsterdam, moderate discussions at the OSCE event, “Political leadership: Who can speak for the victims of trafficking?” Warsaw, 15 May 2012.

More women leaders and stronger political commitment needed to combat human trafficking, say participants at ODIHR event

15 May 2012
The need for more women leaders and a stronger political commitment by states to combat trafficking in human beings was highlighted at an OSCE event “Political leadership: Who can speak for the victims of trafficking?”, held on 15 May 2012...
(L-r) ODIHR Director, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič and Martina Feeny, Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the OSCE, listen as Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, delivers the keynote address at the Human Dimension Seminar on ways to strengthen the rule of law to combat human trafficking. Warsaw, 14 May 2012.

Rule of law vital to protecting rights of victims of human trafficking, participants at OSCE meeting say

14 May 2012
WARSAW, 14 May 2012 - The rule of law needs to be strengthened in the fight against human trafficking in order to better protect victims' human rights and ensure them access to justice, participants said today at the opening of an OSCE meeting on the topic...
(L-r) Alovsat Aliyev of the Azerbaijan Migration Centre, Aina Shormanbayeva of the International Legal Initiative in Kazakhstan and Ella Polyakova of the Organization of Soldiers’ Mothers of St Petersburg listen to Svetlana Gannushkina of the Russia-based Civic Assistance Committee at a meeting to establish an OSCE-wide network of legal practitioners to improve access to justice for trafficked persons. Warsaw, 3 April 2012.

OSCE/ODIHR plans network of lawyers to improve access to justice for trafficking victims

5 April 2012
Establishing an OSCE-wide network of legal practitioners to improve access to justice and effective remedies, including compensation, for trafficked persons was the focus of a meeting organized by ODIHR in Warsaw on 3 and 4 April 2012...
Kadri Kruja (left), a social worker at the municipality of Elbasan in central Abania and Manuela Lake, a Senior Peer Educator at the Elbasan Youth Centre, spoke about a OSCE/ODIHR-funded project which is helping to improve the local Roma and Egyptian community’s access to education, healthcare, civil registration and employment during a side event on preventing child trafficking held at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, 6 October 2011.

Better child protection can prevent trafficking, say participants at OSCE human rights conference

10 October 2011
Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 6 October concluded that improving local and national child-protection systems can effectively curb the trafficking of children... ()
Joanna Dąbrowska-Samsel, Polish attorney highlighted problems faced by victims of human trafficking as a result of the failure of authorities to properly identify them as victims and the absence of expert and timely legal assistance during a session of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, 6 October 2011.

Access to justice for victims of trafficking

10 October 2011
Victims of trafficking must have access to justice and effective legal remedies, participants at the OSCE’s annual human rights conference said on 6 October... ()
Mariana Katzarova, ODIHR's Senior Advisor on Anti-Trafficking Issues, at a panel discussion on access to justice and compensation for victims of trafficking, in Geneva on 31 May 2011.

ODIHR and partners host meeting in Geneva on compensation for victims of trafficking

3 June 2011
A special panel discussion on access to justice and compensation for victims of trafficking was held in Geneva on 31 May...

Review conference ahead of OSCE summit to begin in Warsaw with focus on human rights

22 September 2010
WARSAW, 22 September 2010 - The first segment of a three-part Review Conference ahead of the OSCE Summit in Astana on 1-2 December will begin next week in Warsaw with a focus on human rights and democracy...

OSCE Special Representative, ODIHR Director stress importance of EU role in combating human trafficking

19 October 2009
VIENNA/WARSAW, 19 October 2009 - OSCE Special Representative Eva Biaudet and ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic released a joint statement today underscoring the importance of the role of the European Union in combating human trafficking...
The OSCE's ODIHR and the Office of the Special Representative on combating human trafficking have both launched new publications.

OSCE launches reports to promote better protection of trafficking victims

26 May 2008
VIENNA, 26 May 2008 - The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today launched a report promoting the payment of compensation to victims of human trafficking...
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