News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative stresses importance of victim identification in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 25 June 2015
LISBON, 25 June 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, today underscored the need to improve victim identification at an international seminar on key challenges in the fight against modern-day slavery...
Witnessing greatest refugee crisis in decades, OSCE parliamentarians call for increased burden-sharing
Publishing date: 22 June 2015
COPENHAGEN, 22 June 2015 – The migrant crisis in the Mediterranean is a challenge not just for the countries of that region but for the whole of Europe, concluded the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), at the close of her four-day visit to Rome, Lampedusa, Catania and Mineo on Sunday...
OSCE-supported training course in Tashkent focuses on improving judicial responses to human trafficking
Publishing date: 22 June 2015
TASHKENT, 22 June 2015 – A two-day training course on improving judicial responses to human trafficking, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Lawyers’ Training Centre under the Uzbek Justice Ministry, was launched today in Tashkent...
OSCE PA humanitarian Chair marks World Refugee Day in Lampedusa
Publishing date: 22 June 2015
LAMPEDUSA, Italy, 20 June 2015 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), is in Lampedusa, Italy today, where she is meeting with migrants, refugees and officials at the Lampedusa First Aid and Reception Center, as well as with representatives of NGOs working to help alleviate the human crisis in the Mediterranean...
OSCE hosts annual meeting on combating human trafficking for consular officials in Ukraine
Publishing date: 19 June 2015
KYIV, 19 June 2015- A roundtable discussion to promote co-operation between the Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv-based embassies and consulates to prevent human trafficking was held today with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE Special Representative applauds Tajikistan’s recent moves to strengthen anti-human trafficking legislation
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
DUSHANBE, 11 June 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova praised the country’s authorities for improving anti-trafficking legislation as they step up efforts to combat modern-day slavery...
OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting focuses on links between smuggling of migrants, human trafficking and organized crime
Publishing date: 28 May 2015
BELGRADE, 28 May 2015- Criminal justice experts and representatives from international organizations gathered in Belgrade today for the two-day OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting, to discuss new trends related to links between organized crime, irregular migration and trafficking in human beings.