Publications

IOM Handbook on Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking published by IOM- Russian translation printed and edited in co-operation with OSCE

An Armenian-language publication supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan in co-operation with the ILO and UNDP.

The 2009 Annual Report of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings provides an overview of the activities, achievements and challenges of the Special Representative Eva Biaudet's entire three-year term in office. It sets out the agenda that has guided the Special Representative work from 2007-2009, building upon the Platform for Action described in the 2007 Annual Report.

The third Occasional Paper focuses on the second largest employment sector of the OSCE region. It is a thorough analysis of the current challenges within the agricultural sector, aiming to assist to identify the structural issues and deficits of this sector that cause or exacerbates a worker's vulnerability. This is the first paper of its kind to address human trafficking for labour exploitation in the agricultural sector throughout the OSCE region. It sheds light on a sector in which workers are commonly exploited, but are often out of sight.

NRM Assessment: Ukraine

Issued by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, April 2009.

Anti-Trafficking and Gender Programme Factsheet of the OSCE Mission to Moldova

A critical review of law and emerging practice in Bosnia and Herzegovina in light of core International standards.

This Guide aims at presenting good practices and providing tools on how to shape gender-sensitive labour migration processes. Through this Guide, the aim is to encourage states, particularly those in the OSCE area, to include gender-sensitive measures in their labour migration policies. It has been prepared in particular for use by policymak-ers and practitioners. In so doing, it is hoped that labour migration policies will be developed in a more gender-just way in accordance with OSCE participating States’ common commitments and values.

The 2008 Annual Report of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings covers the work of the Special Representative between January and October 2007; its content is based on responses by the participating States to a survey questionnaire distributed by the SR in July 2007. It considers: 1) National Co-ordination Mechanisms; 2) National Action Plans; and 3) National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms. These three elements constitute the core co-ordinating tools used by participating States to plan, organize and implement measures to combat trafficking in human beings. The scope of the report does not include evaluation of the quality of individual participating States' implementation of these mechanisms. A number of annexes complement the Report, offering, amongst other things: highlights of the 2007 OSCE Field Operations Survey on National Co-ordination Mechanisms, National Action Plans, and National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms; an analysis and brief overview by the ODIHR on its activities and achievements in 2007 and 2008 relevant to the theme of the report; and a summary of the main activities of the OSR in 2008.