Publications
IN BRIEF- Policy responses to technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings: Analysis of current approaches and considerations for moving forward
Publishing date: 21 June 2022
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This document is a brief summary of the report Policy responses to technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings: Analysis of current approaches and considerations for moving forward, which provides an analysis of how technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings has been approached from
2020-21 Report of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings: Advancing new strategies to end exploitation
Publishing date: 31 May 2022
Collections: Annual Reports of the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating THB
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Biennial Report reflects the work of the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in 2020 and 2021. It is designed to highlight the Office's comprehensive strategy to end trafficking, the priorities informing the Office's programmatic work, the efforts made with participating States to help them develop more effective laws and policies, and the impact the Office aims to achieve on the ground.
Policy responses to technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings: Analysis of current approaches and considerations for moving forward
Publishing date: 17 March 2022
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The report provides an analysis of how technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings has been approached from the perspective of policy and legislation across the OSCE participating States. While looking primarily at the accelerating shift toward government-led responses, the report also examines the policies and practices adopted by the private sector and civil society organizations. In addition, the report offers recommendations for policy and legislative responses by OSCE participating States to the misuse of technology to exploit victims.
Policy responses to technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings: Analysis of current approaches and considerations for moving forward
Publishing date: 16 March 2022
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The report provides an analysis of how technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings has been approached from the perspective of policy and legislation across the OSCE participating States. While looking primarily at the accelerating shift toward government-led responses, the report also examines the policies and practices adopted by the private sector and civil society organizations. In addition, the report offers recommendations for policy and legislative responses by OSCE participating States to the misuse of technology to exploit victims.
Simulation-based training on combatting human trafficking factsheet
Publishing date: 10 March 2022
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Simulation-based training on combatting human trafficking handbook
Publishing date: 10 March 2022
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Three Action Areas for Parliaments to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings
Publishing date: 25 February 2022
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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- Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons: A Practical Handbook – Second Edition
Publishing date: 24 January 2022
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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.
Discouraging the demand that fosters trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation
Publishing date: 18 January 2022
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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
Ensuring Justice for Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings: Response of the criminal justice system in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with recommendations
Publishing date: 27 December 2021
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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.