News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Raising awareness of human trafficking in crisis situations is objective of OSCE Special Representative’s Ukraine visit
Publishing date: 5 August 2016
KYIV, 5 AUGUST 2016 –OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, on Friday concluded an official visit to Ukraine aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking and the risks encountered by the most vulnerable groups as a consequence of the current crisis...
To mark World Day against Trafficking in Persons OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports public awareness raising campaign
Publishing date: 30 July 2016
BISHKEK, 30 July 2016 – To mark today’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a public awareness-raising campaign and held a public discussion with academic representatives in Bishkek and Osh.
On World Anti-Trafficking Day, OSCE calls for comprehensive, co-ordinated and victim-centred approach to combatting modern-day slavery
Publishing date: 30 July 2016
VIENNA / WARSAW, 30 July 2016 – A comprehensive, co-ordinated and victim-centred approach to combat human trafficking that includes creating opportunities for regular and safe migration, as well as protecting the human rights of migrants, is urgently needed by all state actors, civil society and multilateral organizations, said senior OSCE officials today ahead of World Anti-Trafficking Day on 30 July.
OSCE Office in Tajikistan donates audio-visual material to enhance interactive teaching at Police Academy
Publishing date: 29 July 2016
DUSHANBE, 29 July 2016 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today donated audio-visual equipment to the Police Academy of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs with the aim of supporting the Academy’s lecturers to use interactive teaching techniques on the investigation of crimes related to the trafficking of human beings...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains social entrepreneurs on social media marketing
Publishing date: 27 July 2016
Ways to increase the sustainability of social businesses by using social media marketing tools were discussed at a training session organized in Kyiv on 26 July 2016 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE launches series of anti-trafficking seminars for law-enforcement officers and social workers across Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 July 2016
Some 35 law-enforcement officers and social workers took part in the first in a series of five training seminars on anti-trafficking practices and procedures on 22 July 2016 in Kostanay with other workshops to be conducted in Almaty, Astana, Karaganda and Shymkent later this year...
Assembly’s work on migration presented to OSCE ambassadors by Ad Hoc Committee Chair Lombardi at special Permanent Council
Publishing date: 20 July 2016
VIENNA, 20 July 2016 – Presenting the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s work concerning the refugee and migrant crisis at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna today, Swiss parliamentarian Filippo Lombardi laid out the Assembly’s plan of action going forward, which includes monitoring the situation on the ground and developing policy recommendations for the OSCE and its participating States...