Launch of the National Referral Mechanism Handbook. Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons: A Practical Handbook
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Nearly two decades after the publication of the first edition of the NRM Handbook in 2004, ODIHR will issue an updated version to provide guidance to OSCE participating States on establishing and strengthening national referral mechanisms (NRMs).
An NRM is a co-operative, national framework through which governments fulfil their obligations to protect and promote the human rights of victims of trafficking, and co-ordinate their efforts in a strategic partnership with civil society organizations, survivor leaders and the private sector. The purpose of the updated NRM Handbook is to provide essential ‘know-how’ of the working methods, procedures and services required to fulfil NRMs objectives , centering all communications and actions on the protection of victims and the overall prevention of trafficking in human beings.
The event will showcase the key components and new features of the updated NRM Handbook and highlight the importance of a human rights-based, gender-sensitive, trauma-informed, and victim- and survivor-centered approach. It will also facilitate the exchange of information among OSCE delegations, international experts, survivor leaders and civil society on ensuring that survivor voices are reflected in the implementation of NRMs across the OSCE region.
Agenda and participants
The updated NRM Handbook will be presented by Tatiana Kotlyarenko, ODIHR Adviser on Anti-Trafficking Issues, Rachel Witkin, Head of Counter-Trafficking, Helen Bamber Foundation, and Maximilian Scheid, ODIHR Assistant Project Officer.
Reflections on the NRM Handbook will be presented by leading anti-trafficking experts, including:
- Shandra Woworuntu, Chair of the International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council (ISTAC)
- Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (tbc)
- Kevin Hyland OBE, Member of Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
- Maia Rusakova, Executive Director, Stellit
With welcome remarks by Matteo Mecacci, Director, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Marcin Czapliński, Deputy Permanent Representative of Poland to the OSCE and Representative of the Polish Chairperson-in-Office, and US Congressman Chris Smith, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Trafficking in Human Beings.
Moderators: Tatiana Kotlyarenko, ODIHR Adviser on Anti-Trafficking Issues; and Andrea Huber, ODIHR Head of Human Rights Department
Registration
Those interested can register here.