News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative calls for business community to step up efforts to eliminate human trafficking
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called on global businesses to renew their commitment to stamp out human trafficking across the supply chain at a roundtable discussion hosted by the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 10 October 2013...
Prevention of domestic servitude in diplomatic households imperative, says OSCE Special Representative, in The Hague
Publishing date: 10 October 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at a workshop held in The Hague from 8 to 9 October 2013 urged the Organization’s participating States to work together to prevent the little-known phenomenon of the exploitation of domestic workers by employers enjoying diplomatic immunities...
Rights of human trafficking victims discussed by OSCE Special Representative, legal experts, in Warsaw
Publishing date: 1 October 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, and a group of legal experts underscored the importance of protecting trafficking victims’ rights during a side event at the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 30 September 2013...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on investigative reporting skills
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
As part of its investigative reporting skills training project for Azerbaijani journalists, the OSCE Office in Baku organized the third training course for journalists focusing on human trafficking and forced labour cases from 26 to 27 September 2013, in Guba city, north of Azerbaijan...
OSCE trains diplomatic personnel to identify, assist and protect victims of human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
TASHKENT, 19 September 2013- A two-day training course for diplomatic and consular staff of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry started in Tashkent today focusing on quick and accurate identification of human trafficking victims...
Special Representative for Combating Human Trafficking addresses U.S. Helsinki Commission, calls for enhanced legal response in OSCE region
Publishing date: 18 September 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, cautioned that more must be done to enforce existing laws against human trafficking across the OSCE region in her testimony before the U.S. Helsinki Commission on 17 September 2013...
OSCE Centre supports conference on transport security and trade facilitation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 September 2013
ASTANA, 12 September 2013 – Some 250 prosecutors and law enforcement officers from Kazakhstan gathered at an international conference that started today in Astana, with the OSCE Centre support, to discuss how to enhance transport security, improve transit and accelerate the movement of goods, in particular within the Eurasian economic space...