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Immigration regulations and law enforcement action in OSCE area should consider the wellbeing and social inclusion of trafficked persons, says OSCE Special Representative
HAIFA, Israel, 20 May 2012 – Speaking today at an international workshop on human trafficking in Israel, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, underlined that victims of trafficking are subjected to multiple violations of human rights...
Rule of law vital to protecting rights of victims of human trafficking, participants at OSCE meeting say
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...
Combating human trafficking by strengthening rule of law subject of OSCE meeting in Warsaw
WARSAW, 11 May 2012 - Government representatives, experts and civil society groups from the OSCE's 56 participating States will gather in Warsaw next week to discuss ways to strengthen the rule of law to combat trafficking in human beings... ()
Head of OSCE Centre meets authorities, opens anti-human trafficking event in western Kazakhstan
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 23 April 2012 - The Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, in Aktau on Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea coast today, met with local authorities and civil society representatives and opened a workshop on preventing human trafficking among vulnerable groups in Kazakhstan’s regions... ()
Parliaments play a critical role in the eradication of modern-day slavery, says OSCE Special Representative at St. Petersburg meeting
ST PETERSBURG, Russia 18 April 2012 – The role of parliamentarians in combating and preventing human trafficking at the national and international level was the focus of a roundtable discussion in St. Petersburg today...
OSCE Special Representative in Monaco welcomes continuation of child protection project in Moldova
MONACO, 20 March 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in her meeting with Prince Albert II today praised the support by the Principality of Monaco in the field of child protection and welcomed the continuation of such a project in Moldova... ()
OSCE Office in Yerevan to present anti-trafficking training manual for law enforcement
YEREVAN, 9 February 2012 – The OSCE Office in Yerevan will present a training manual for law enforcement on combating human trafficking tomorrow... ()