Publications

The objective of the Compendium of Resources is to take stock of the existing legislation, policies, guidelines, recommendations, reports, studies, and other types of initiatives developed to better understand and respond to the global problem of trafficking in human beings through its prevention in supply chains. The resources included in the Compendium do not represent by any means an exhaustive list and are only intended to illustrate the initiatives identified by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings during the development of this project. The Compendium is intended for the use by government officials involved in policy making, as well as businesses and other stakeholders interested to learn from current practices in order to further enhance their own measures on ethical sourcing and the prevention of human trafficking in supply chains.

This publication was prepared in co-operation with the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration and the Academy for Training of Judges and Public Prosecutors “Pavel Shatev” with an aim to help all competent authorities and professionals dealing with trafficking in human beings and trafficking in children to properly apply of the principle on non-punishment of victims. The Guidelines are intended as a practical tool for those responsible for detection, prosecution and adjudication of these serious crimes and those responsible for prevention, identification and provision of support to victims as well as civil society to ascertain the preconditions for non-punishment of victims. This publication is not available in English.

This report highlights the impact of activities carried out by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in 2019.

Bosnian language version only

An analysis of current status of the co-operation, co-ordination, and communication between the Prosecution and Judicial Police in Albania in order to establish the existing normative, professional and behavioural problems and to make recommendations for short-term action and long-term strategies

This is the 2018-2019 Report produced by the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (SR/CTHB) in line with its mandate as outlined in OSCE Ministerial Council Decisions No. 02/03 and 03/06. This report provides a summary of the full range of activities carried out by the Office of the SR/CTHB, with additional sections that focus on the work of the OSCE’s executive structures and field operations. This publication aims to foster increased awareness and understanding of human trafficking itself, as well as some of the challenges and opportunities currently facing the anti-trafficking community.

This Compendium of the three recent Ministerial Council Decisions on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings is designed to highlight the individual provisions of the Decisions: MC 6/17, 7/17 and 6/18. It also suggests OSCE-produced resources for participating States to consult for guidance on implementation of the specific commitments. A table of thematic keywords found in the Decisions allows policy makers and practitioners to search the provisions of the Decisions by keywords consistent with their particular interest.

The paper aims to leverage off of the strengths and successes of established but disparate anti-THB financial investigatory practices, developed across the OSCE participating States, to raise awareness of the strategic value of financial investigations and the resources available, and to help create a more harmonised approach that can contribute to mainstreaming of financial investigations across the OSCE region.

This publication introduces the analysis of social entrepreneurship in Ukraine, its formats, advantages and challenges. It also presents the success stories of three social enterprises established with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to prevent human trafficking through the

The strategy builds on existing responses and commitment to co-operation with partners in order to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings. It relies on and continues to develop on the basis of previous international and domestic experience and provides for new initiatives in response to trafficking in human beings in all its forms and segments. The Action Plan for the implementation of the Strategy is for the period of 2019.