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OSCE/ODIHR conference in Helsinki calls for human rights protection of trafficking victims

Publishing date: 23 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
HELSINKI, 23 September 2004- Taking concrete steps, such as improving anti-trafficking legislation and focusing on protecting the human rights of victims, is the aim of a two-day OSCE conference that started in Helsinki today. Some 180 international...

OSCE/ODIHR handbook emphasizes human rights of trafficking victims

Publishing date: 14 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization
WARSAW, 14 May 2004-A new handbook published by a leading European human rights organization, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, focuses on improving protection of the human rights of trafficking victims. It also provides...

OSCE Yerevan workshop focuses on identification of trafficking victims

Publishing date: 22 December 2003
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, 22 December 2003- An OSCE workshop on identification of human trafficking victims held in Yerevan marked a turning point in the development of a strategic partnership between the Armenian government and civil society actors in setting...

Trafficking victims become more isolated and vulnerable, international report says

Publishing date: 10 December 2003
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
VIENNA, 11 December 2003- Failure to protect the human rights of trafficking victims is a key obstacle to progress in the fight against trafficking and organised crime in south-eastern Europe, according to a joint report of the OSCE, the UN and...

OSCE to host Europe's largest human rights conference in Warsaw

Publishing date: 29 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 29 September, 2003- More than 500 international experts, government representatives, and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 6 to 17 October to take part in this year's session of Europe's largest human rights conference...

Tbilisi conference focuses on role of media in promoting gender equality

Publishing date: 21 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Gender equality, Media freedom and development
TBILISI, 21 July 2003- Over 100 journalists and media experts from the Southern Caucasus, Central Asia and Baltic States gathered in Tbilisi today for a three-day international conference on the role of media in promoting gender equality. The...

OSCE/ODIHR stresses that progress on electoral reform in Albania must lead to improved local elections

Publishing date: 14 July 2003
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, Democratization, Human rights, Elections
TIRANA, 14 July 2003- On his first visit to Albania as Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal welcomed the agreement reached by the bi-partisan committee on reforms to...