Publications

This guidebook is a useful tool for the identification of human trafficking cases. It helps to better understand the consequences of being a victim of this crime. It also provides guidance on how to determine and consider the special needs of victims taking into account age and gender aspects. It contains methodological recommendations on how to provide the assistance needed and better use resources of other social service providers, including community resources. The book is not available in English.

The guide was developed for the police officers of the Precinct Police Inspectors Service, to raise their awareness of what duties and functions they are to perform in prevention and combating trafficking in human beings. It outlines peculiarities of this crime provides guidance on the methods to be used by the police officers while working with victims of trafficking in human beings. This guide is not available in English.

This Annual Report of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings comprises of two main parts. Part I, An Agenda for Prevention: Activities and Challenges in 2011 is an overview of the main OSCE anti-trafficking activities. Part II has a special thematic focus on trafficking for labour exploitation and contains three experts’ essays which build upon the 11th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference on “Preventing Trafficking in Human Beings for Labour Exploitation: Decent Work and Social Justice” (20- 21 June 2011). Both parts have a single conceptual framework: an agenda for prevention of trafficking in human beings.

The toll-free helpline “0800 1111 2” will serve as a main point of contact for victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, as well as a source of information for all stakeholders, including the general public.

Trafficking in human beings is a complex problem and a horrific criminal act, often referred to as a modern form of slavery. It violates fundamental human rights and destroys the dignity of survivors long after the exploitation ends.

A comprehensive training manual for law enforcement on combating human trafficking that targets prosecutors, police, judges, border guards, and labour inspectors. It was prepared by four national experts as part of a multi-year regional project implemented by the OSCE Office in Yerevan in co-operation with the International Labour Organization, and funded by European Union. This document in not available in English.

This paper provides an analysis of sentencing practices of Bosnia and Herzegovina's courts in domestic violence criminal proceedings, based on the Mission’s monitoring findings. After a review of relevant international standards and the national legal framework on domestic violence, it analyses in detail: the types of sanctions applied, the mitigating and aggravating circumstances considered by the court, the legal mechanisms of warrant for pronouncement of sentence and plea agreements, and compensation awards to victims. It also formulates a number of recommendations for judges and prosecutors dealing with domestic violence cases.

This book includes conventions, laws and normative acts and was published in partnership with the International Organization for Migration.

This report examines the misapplication of the law, and concludes that the failure of legal practitioners to apply the legal offence of trafficking correctly hinders the ability of the Kosovo courts to respond the crime of human trafficking.