News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative links human trafficking and migration at Bucharest conference
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, focused on the links between human trafficking and migration at a major international conference on combating trafficking and protecting victims in South East Europe...
Ensuring human rights of victims while combating human trafficking in focus at OSCE-supported workshop in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
TASHKENT, 30 October 2012 – An OSCE-supported workshop that will focus on exchange of information in the fight against human trafficking and ensuring the rights of trafficked persons began in Tashkent today...
Victims' rights must be protected in human trafficking cases, OSCE Special Representative says in Rome
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said at a judicial training seminar in Rome on 26 October 2012 that victims’ legal rights must be given the same priority as punishing perpetrators in criminal proceedings involving human trafficking...
More protections needed for domestic workers' rights, OSCE Special Representative says in Cork
Publishing date: 19 October 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said that much of the domestic work sector remains hidden in the shadows of the global economy and more must be done to protect the rights of its overwhelmingly female labour force...
OSCE Special Representative calls for redoubled efforts against modern-day slavery on Anti-Trafficking Day
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for new approaches in the fight against the growing problem of modern-day slavery on the occasion of the European Union Anti-Trafficking Day today...
OSCE supports nationwide discussion on implementing comprehensive anti-trafficking law in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 October 2012
KYIV, 18 October 2012 – A national roundtable discussion on implementing Ukraine’s law on combating trafficking in human beings started in Kyiv today with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Greater awareness key to human trafficking prevention, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 October 2012 – On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, today representatives of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo called for greater awareness of the threat of human trafficking. The appeal was made during a presentation of selected poems and essays written by high school students from different Kosovo communities on this topic...