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The COVID-19 pandemic created new risks and challenges to victims of trafficking (VoTs) and survivors of trafficking, as well as having exacerbated the vulnerabilities of at-risk groups to trafficking. To analyze emerging trafficking in human beings (THB) trends and dynamics and to develop a response based on empirical data to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ODIHR and UN Women conducted a global survey of (1) survivors of trafficking and (2) frontline stakeholders. Based on the survey findings and empirical data collected, a set of policy recommendations were developed.

Online side-events Programme of the 20th Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons: "Ending Impunity. Delivering justice through prosecuting trafficking in human beings" 20-22 July 2020 Hofburg (Vienna, Austria) and via teleconference (upon registration)

Address by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Grau. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik. Racism and police violence in the United States of America. Recent sentencing of human rights defenders in Turkey. Twenty-fifth anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Extension of the appointments of the Secretary General and of three heads of institution (Azerbaijan, Annex). Parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, to be held on 4 October 2020. The United Kingdom’s Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020.

Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Mr. Harlem Désir. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Neo-Nazism in the Czech Republic. The death penalty in the United States of America. Recent developments in Belarus in the context of the upcoming presidential elections. Trial of journalist Ms. Svetlana Prokopyeva in the Russian Federation. Constitutional plebiscite in the Russian Federation. Parliamentary elections in Montenegro, to be held on 30 August 2020. Release of the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report by the United States Department of State. Parliamentary elections in Mongolia, held on 24 June 2020. Joint proposal for a draft declaration on solidarity and co-operation in the face of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

1273rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

20th Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons "Ending Impunity Delivering justice through prosecuting trafficking in human beings", 20- 22 July 2020, online (Zoom) and Vienna

20th Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons "Ending Impunity Delivering justice through prosecuting trafficking in human beings", 20- 22 July 2020, online (Zoom), and Vienna

20th Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons "Ending Impunity Delivering justice through prosecuting trafficking in human beings", 20- 22 July 2020, online (Zoom) and Vienna

This report presents the main findings and recommendations of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Valiant Richey, following his country visit to Georgia between 17-19 June 2019. The purpose of the visit was to hold consultations with government officials and experts from state institutions and civil society to discuss ways to support and advance ongoing efforts to prevent trafficking in human beings, assist trafficked persons and protect their rights, as well as bring perpetrators to justice in line with OSCE commitments and relevant international standards.