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Prosecute human traffickers and deliver justice to victims: OSCE Alliance Conference against Trafficking in Persons calls for an end to impunity

Publishing date: 20 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking
VIENNA, 20 July 2020 – Identifying effective ways to improve the prosecution of human traffickers is the focus of the 20th high-level OSCE Alliance Conference against Trafficking in Persons, which opened today in Vienna...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Edi Rama takes action to ensure operational continuity ahead of imminent vacancies of Secretary General and Heads of Institutions roles

Publishing date: 17 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Democratization, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
TIRANA / VIENNA, 17 July 2020 – In a letter to the OSCE’s 57 participating States today, Albania’s OSCE Chairmanship announced that the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Edi Rama has taken prompt action to ensure the Organization’s operational continuity in light of the imminent vacancies of the OSCE Secretary General and the Heads of Institutions roles...

OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime sign 2020-2022 joint action plan

Publishing date: 17 July 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Border management, Cyber/ICT Security, Countering terrorism, Policing
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Fathi Waly signed a plan of joint action for the period 2020-2022 today at UNODC in Vienna...

Srebrenica today is an example of resilience, truth and justice, say Chair of OSCE Permanent Council Hasani and Secretary General Greminger

Publishing date: 10 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, 10 July 2020 – “Srebrenica today is an example of resilience, truth and justice for the world. We all stand with you, the survivors and families of the victims, in solidarity and in sorrow, and we humbly pay our respects to your loved ones,” said Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council Igli Hasani and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger today, honouring the victims of the Srebrenica genocide in 1995...

OSCE organizes online discussion on exploitation of COVID-19 pandemic by organized crime groups

Publishing date: 9 July 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the OSCE Mission to Serbia organized a webinar on the exploitation of the COVID-19 pandemic by organized crime groups on 8 July 2020.

Human trafficking for the purpose of organ removal needs urgent international attention, concludes expert roundtable co-organized by OSCE and partners

Publishing date: 8 July 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating human trafficking
VIENNA, 8 July 2020 – Despite its high profits and catastrophic harm to victims, trafficking in human beings for the removal of organs is one of the least understood and addressed forms of human trafficking globally and needs urgent attention from the international community, an international group of experts concluded in a two-day online meeting held on 7 July...

Bringing together global agenda on women peace and security and local efforts for its implementation

Publishing date: 2 July 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
Collecting and making available sex-disaggregated data and analyses, ensuring financial resources for making the women, peace and security agenda a reality on the ground, as well as building knowledge and skills of local decision-makers and civil society actors are ways for international organizations and donors to contribute to the implementation of women, peace and security (WPS) resolutions beyond national capitals. These were the conclusions reached during the online event held on 1 July 2020.