News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative calls for more research on links between trafficking and globalization
Publishing date: 7 March 2011
LONDON, 7 March 2011 – More research into how the demand for cheap labour in the global market affects trafficking in human beings is needed to strengthen anti-trafficking efforts, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said in a public lecture today at the London School of Economics...
OSCE Presence, Albanian NGO present reports on anti-trafficking
Publishing date: 4 March 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the non-governmental organization the Albanian Centre for Legal Civil Initiatives presented on 3 March three reports related to the situation for victims of trafficking in Albania at an event organized in Tirana
OSCE Special Representative calls for more effective action to tackle trafficking for domestic servitude
Publishing date: 28 February 2011
VIENNA, 28 February 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro called for greater awareness of trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude and more effective action to tackle the crime, during the launch of a new publication focusing on domestic servitude today...
OSCE Special Representative calls for child care quality standards to prevent child trafficking
Publishing date: 22 February 2011
VIENNA, 22 February 2011- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for enhanced child protection systems to ensure the wellbeing of all children, especially migrant children, during a meeting today at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights...
OSCE Special Representative calls for enhanced social justice to better prevent and combat trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 18 February 2011
VIENNA, 20 February 2011- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, on the occasion of the World Day for Social Justice, emphasized that working towards social justice includes promoting the social inclusion of the most vulnerable people, those who are deprived of any rights and social protection. This is also essential to preventing and fighting trafficking in human beings...
OSCE Special Representative calls on media to take an active role in raising awareness of modern-day slavery
Publishing date: 9 February 2011
MOSCOW, 9 February 2011- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in a meeting at the Moscow Journalist Club in Moscow today, affirmed the important role of media professionals in strengthening anti-trafficking action...
OSCE Special Representative calls for strengthening co-operation between EU and OSCE in anti-trafficking action
Publishing date: 3 February 2011
BRUSSELS, 3 February 2011- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, emphasized the need for enhanced co-operation with the European Commission to advance anti-trafficking action in a meeting with European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström in Brussels today...