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Finnish parliamentarian Eva Biaudet appointed OSCE special representative on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 19 October 2006- Eva Biaudet, a Finnish Member of Parliament, has been appointed today as the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports anti-trafficking festival
Publishing date: 2 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 2 October 2006- The second annual anti-trafficking festival took place this weekend in several regions of Ukraine, with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. "This is a very important event aimed at...
Anti-trafficking and non-discrimination to top agenda of Europe's largest human rights meeting
Publishing date: 26 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 26 September 2006- Some 900 international experts, government representatives and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 2 to 13 October for this year's session of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...
OSCE boosts NGO network to fight human trafficking in south Kyrgyzstan and neighboring countries
Publishing date: 22 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 22 September 2006- The OSCE Field Office in Osh has established an NGO network in the Ferghana Valley to fight against human trafficking. The network will strengthen co-operation with government and international institutions, help...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps train Ukrainian prosecutors to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 19 September 2006- Twenty Ukrainian prosecutors are taking part in a training course this week in Kyiv on combating trafficking in human beings. The course was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the country's...
Mechanism to help trafficking victims discussed at OSCE-supported meeting in Astana
Publishing date: 19 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 19 September 2006- How a National Referral Mechanism could help the government support victims of human trafficking was the focus of an OSCE-supported expert meeting held today in Astana...
Prince Albert II of Monaco visits OSCE
Publishing date: 18 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 18 September 2006- Prince Albert II of Monaco visited the OSCE today and discussed the Organization's work in the fight against human trafficking. "Our country is particularly sensitive to the problems concerning disadvantaged and mistreated...