Publications

This handout identifies three areas where parliaments can take decisive action to improve their legislative response to trafficking in human beings. Building upon the work of the Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in the areas of combating forced labour within supply chains, the demand fostering trafficking for sexual exploitation and technology-facilitated trafficking, this short brief outlines the need for a modern, comprehensive response to each emerging form of trafficking, and provides examples of legislation that parliaments can pass to strengthen national legal frameworks combating trafficking in human beings.

National referral mechanisms (NRMs) are the institutional mechanisms that help states identify human trafficking victims and ensure their protection. This handbook provides a guidance model which all OSCE participating States can adapt and apply within their own national systems to ensure that their NRMs meet the highest standards in both design and implementation.

This Brief summarizes the findings of Occasional Paper No. 11 Discouraging the demand that fosters trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation, which draws attention to the reasons why States should discourage demand; outlines the international legal obligations and political commitments

This is the second public report by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina based on the monitoring of human trafficking and related cases completed before courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a review of relevant international standards and the national anti-trafficking legal framework, it examines abilities of the national criminal justice system to: effectively prosecute human trafficking and adequately punish those responsible for it; treat victims with dignity while protecting them from harmful consequences of their involvement in criminal proceedings; and facilitate victims’ right to seek compensation from offenders. The report closes with specific recommendations targeted at several key actors. These aim to improve the criminal justice response to human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This document is a brief summary of the Occasional Paper N. 10 Applying Gender-Sensitive Approaches in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, based on findings from a multi-method research project, including surveys, interviews, and expert group meetings with participants from more than half of the OSCE participating States. By bringing together the voices of survivors, anti-trafficking experts, service providers, and law enforcement, this document offers a comprehensive account of gender aspects in trafficking in human beings. It also provides a basis for discussion about possible ways to apply gender-sensitive approaches to combating trafficking in human beings. The report, therefore, explores a number of gender-related aspects that are often not addressed in existing strategies in terms of prevention, protection, and prosecution.

This procurement guidance is a key step in rolling out the implementation of anti-trafficking measures in OSCE’s own procurement across its executive structures and aligning the OSCE’s mandates with its own processes. The guidance’s aim is to support procurement and anti-trafficking staff in the OSCE with the background knowledge to implement anti-trafficking measures in procurement activities; alongside training workshops, procurement risk analyses and local action plans. Preventing trafficking and labour exploitation in supply chains is no easy task. By taking these first steps, the OSCE is developing further expertise, and is supporting OSCE participating States and the international community in their ongoing efforts to prevent trafficking for forced labour in their supply chains.

This publication aims to help the newly created communities to better understand their role in the system of interagency efforts to combat human trafficking. It will help them to learn about ways to provide assistance to survivors of this crime. Available in Ukrainian.  The manual is produced by

This factsheet summarises the second edition of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Handbook “National Referral Mechanisms- Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons”.

This paper explores the intersections between human trafficking and terrorism by analysing activities of terrorist groups through the lens of trafficking in human beings. Through a critical analysis of legal and policy regimes, the paper provides a comparative study of two crimes – human trafficking and terrorism – based on a series of illustrative examples collected from throughout the OSCE region. The outcome is a set of targeted recommendations to challenge the trafficking practices of terrorist groups by leveraging existing preventative and protective mechanisms in the anti-trafficking field. The intent of these recommendations is to support participating States in preventing the crime of trafficking by terrorist groups, hold the perpetrators fully accountable and protect victims.