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Secretariat - Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings

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The Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings supports the development and implementation of anti-trafficking policies in OSCE participating States.

Press releases

OSCE Special Representative Eva Biaudet named knight of France's Legion of Honour

OSCE Special Representative on combating human trafficking Eva Biaudet (r) wearing the Légion d'honneur presented to her by French Ambassador to the OSCE, Eric Lebédel (c) and Advisor for Security Affairs, Guillaume Le Blond, Vienna, 30 October 2008. (OSCE/Blanca Tapia)

VIENNA, 31 October 2008 - The French government has recognized Eva Biaudet, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Human Trafficking, with the award of Knight of the Legion of Honour, the country's highest decoration...

OSCE Office helps establish anti-trafficking support and resource unit in Armenia

The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos (r), and Armenia's Minister of Labour and Social Issues, Arsen Hambardzumyan, sign a memorandum to establish an anti-trafficking support unit, Yerevan, 4 November 2008. (OSCE/Gayane Ter-Stepanyan)

YEREVAN, 4 November 2008 - An agreement to start an Anti-Trafficking Support and Resource Unit was signed today by Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, and Arsen Hambardzumyan, the Armenian Minister of Labour and Social Issues...

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Features

'Naked facts' help combat human trafficking in Serbia

As part of the "Naked Facts" campaign run by the Mission to Serbia and the local NGO 'ASTRA', seven well-known Serbian men are depicted in posters and billboards aimed at raising awareness about human trafficking. ()

A new kind of public awareness campaign to fight human trafficking was launched in June by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and its local partner, the NGO 'ASTRA'.

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports co-ordination mechanism to help trafficking victims

Jasna Dobricik (right), National Rule of Law Officer with the OSCE Mission to Skopje, examines the anti-trafficking training curriculum with one of the trainers, 5 April 2008. (OSCE/Aleksandar Lazovski)

The adoption of new OSCE-supported guidelines on the proper treatment of trafficked persons will help the Government in Skopje to tackle the problem of identifying and assisting trafficking victims.

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Helen Bamber (left), Co-founding Director of the Helen Bamber Foundation; Eva Biaudet (centre), OSCE Special Representative for combating trafficking in human beings and her Deputy, Ruth Pojman, at a conference on child trafficking (OSCE/Blanca Tapia)

Helen Bamber (left), Co-founding Director of the Helen Bamber Foundation; Eva Biaudet (centre), OSCE Special Representative for combating trafficking in human beings and her Deputy, Ruth Pojman, at a conference on child trafficking (OSCE/Blanca Tapia)