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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Efforts to combat trafficking, including of children, must focus on both effects and roots of this crime, OSCE officials say on world anti-trafficking day
Publishing date: 30 July 2018
WARSAW/VIENNA, 30 July 2018 – Effective policies to combat trafficking in human beings, including the trafficking of children, must focus on both the effects and the roots of this terrible crime, OSCE senior officials said today, on the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons...
Better co-ordinated efforts vital in addressing risk factors of child trafficking, say participants at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 28 May 2018
VIENNA, 28 May 2018 – Greater co-ordination among states in their work to combat trafficking in children, with a focus on those at particular risk, is needed to effectively combat this form of human trafficking, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
Survivors’ voices crucial for effective and gender-sensitive anti-trafficking strategies, say participants in OSCE/ODIHR event in Vienna
Publishing date: 23 April 2018
Multidisciplinary and gender-sensitive approaches reflecting the needs and voices of survivors of human trafficking were at the centre of discussions at a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU/TNTD)
High-level expert meeting in Warsaw focuses on updating handbook for protecting rights of trafficked persons
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
Updating a handbook created to assist OSCE participating States in establishing sustainable mechanisms and structures to counter human trafficking was the focus of a high-level international expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw
Rights-based, comprehensive protection measures crucial to combating child trafficking across OSCE region, say Warsaw event participants
Publishing date: 11 October 2017
The importance of rights-based and comprehensive approaches to assisting victims of child trafficking was highlighted during an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 12 October 2017, on the margins of the Human Dimension Seminar on the
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.
Michael Georg Link takes up post as new ODIHR director
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
WARSAW, 2 July 2014 – Michael Georg Link of Germany assumed his new duties on Tuesday as director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...