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Exhibition "United Europe Against Slavery" opens in Yerevan

Publishing date: 18 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
YEREVAN, 18 November 2002- The exhibition United Europe Against Slavery, which opens today at the Moskva Cinema Theater in Yerevan, is a landmark event to raise public awareness on human trafficking issues...

First free national anti-trafficking hotline in Ukraine to start today

Publishing date: 18 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
KYIV, 18 November 2002- Ukraine's first free national telephone hotline service to fight the scandal of trafficking in human beings will officially start working today. The establishment of the hotline was initiated and...

OSCE roundtable in Albania discusses women's rights, anti-trafficking

Publishing date: 15 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TIRANA, 15 November 2002- Women's rights in Albania and measures against trafficking in human beings supported by the OSCE brought together Albanian and international experts in a roundtable today. The Tirana roundtable, hosted...

Ukrainian prosecutors, law enforcement officials and NGO members to visit Italy

Publishing date: 8 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
KYIV, 8 November 2002- A high-ranking delegation from the Office of the Ukrainian General Prosecutor, the Interior Ministry and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will make a study trip to Italy from 10 to 13 November. The trip...

OSCE project offers better support for trafficking victims in Kosovo

Publishing date: 9 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRISTINA, 9 October 2002- In future, victims of trafficking should be offered stronger support in Kosovo, thanks to an OSCE-funded legal aid project that will strengthen Victims have, up till now, often been treated as prostitutes...

Javier Solana describes OSCE as "natural-born partner" of the EU

Publishing date: 25 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 25 September 2002- Speaking to a special Plenary Meeting of the 55-nation OSCE Permanent Council, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, Javier Solana, described the two organizations...

Roma to combat human trafficking among their own ranks

Publishing date: 19 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 19 September 2002- Roma NGOs publicly acknowledged the involvement of individuals of their ethnic group in trafficking in human beings and expressed their determination to co-operate in combating this serious human rights and organized...