News and press releases

Life imprisonment and child friendly justice standards in European criminal law were among the topics discussed at an OSCE-supported seminar held on 5 November 2014 in Yerevan...

Businesses which procure products and services have an important role to play in preventing human trafficking, by setting minimum standards to be met by all their suppliers, concludes a new publication launched on 4 November 2014 by the OSCE’s Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova...

A new handbook for relevant authorities across the OSCE region on how to prevent human trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude in diplomatic households was launched by the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, on 4 November 2014 in Vienna...

Advancing gender equality in elected office in Malta was the focus of a conference on “Women’s Political Participation in Malta”, held on 3 November 2014 in Valletta, Malta.

The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, advised judges at an international seminar in Haifa, Israel, from 27 to 30 October 2014, to avoid “secondary victimization” of trafficked persons during court cases...

The training focused on promoting youth political participation in the OSCE region was provided for 25 participants at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) and the School of Public Policy (SPP) of the Central European University in Sando, Sweden, from 27 to 31 October 2014.

Gender equality principles in education, with a particular focus on protection against discrimination and domestic violence, were the focus of a workshops organized for a group of 20 Faculty of Philosophy students, Montenegro University, on 11 October and 25 October 2014, in Nikšić...