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OSCE launches reports to promote better protection of trafficking victims
Publishing date: 26 May 2008
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 26 May 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today launched a report promoting the payment of compensation to victims of human trafficking...
Countries share responsibility to protect children from trafficking and exploitation, says OSCE official at Vienna conference
Publishing date: 26 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 26 May 2008- The need to provide local authorities with the tools and resources to strengthen child protection services, and for countries of origin and destination to share this responsibility, is the focus of a conference in Vienna today...
Forum highlights OSCE role in bringing together regional actors, private sector to enhance maritime and inland waterways co-operation
Publishing date: 19 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
PRAGUE, 19 May 2008- The OSCE has a vital role in addressing the challenges arising from increasing maritime and inland waterways traffic, heard participants at a forum which opened in Prague today...
Human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia threaten security and human rights, says OSCE official
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
TASHKENT, 15 May 2008- The need to distinguish between trafficking in human beings and human smuggling, and to tackle the crimes from both a security and human rights perspective, were emphasized at an OSCE workshop that concluded in Tashkent today...
Combating human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
TASHKENT, 14 May 2008- Building capacity of national criminal justice systems in Central Asia and improving co-operation and information exchange between investigative agencies and central authorities are the aims of a workshop in Tashkent today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje encourages co-operation between state and local authorities to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 13 May 2008- Fostering co-operation between state institutions and civil society to combat human trafficking and strengthening the role of the country's National Referral Mechanism Office at the local level, is the aim of a...
OSCE Office helps train Azerbaijani judges and prosecutors to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 12 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 12 May 2008- A training course for judges and public prosecutors on combating human trafficking, organized by the OSCE Office, began in Baku today...