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OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings visits Romania, praises progress, encourages further improvements
Publishing date: 6 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BUCHAREST, 6 November 2019 – OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Valiant Richey conducted an official visit to Romania this week. He praised the country for its progress in certain areas of its anti-trafficking efforts, while calling for improvement in others.
Good practices in interviewing victims of human trafficking in focus of OSCE training course for Ukrainian officials
Publishing date: 1 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
The second training course on good practices in interviewing victims of human trafficking, organized as part of an OSCE project, was held from 28 to 31 October 2019 in Kyiv for Ukrainian officials working in this area...
Strengthening national responses and regional co-operation: National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs from across the OSCE region meet in Bratislava
Publishing date: 23 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs from 42 countries across the OSCE region gathered in Bratislava on 22 and 23 October 2019 for the largest annual meeting of this kind at the international level. They discussed how to address current human trafficking-related challenges and foster the implementation of international commitments, policies and standards set forth by the OSCE and the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings...
OSCE supports national simulation exercise on combatting human trafficking in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
A week-long live simulation exercise on how to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking concluded on 18 October 2019 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. More than 40 professionals from law enforcement, labour inspectorates, prosecutorial offices, NGOs and social services from all across the country participated in the live-action training.
Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutors explore challenges in investigating cases of online child trafficking and child abuses
Publishing date: 9 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Prosecutors from across Bosnia and Herzegovina gathered at the Annual Prosecutorial Conference on Criminal Matters which concluded on 9 October 2019. Over the course of three days, participants took part in panel discussions on; corruption and organized crime, war crimes, preventing violence against children in a digital environment, child victims of crime, gender-based violence, migration and the criminal justice system...
Valiant Richey appointed as OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
Publishing date: 4 October 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 4 October 2019- Valiant Richey has been appointed as the new OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and Ambassador Radomír Boháč, the Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the OSCE and Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, welcomed Richey’s appointment as the fifth Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings since the OSCE Permanent Council established the position in 2005...
OSCE and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry organize training courses on introduction to trafficking in human beings and its forms
Publishing date: 4 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings