From Policy to Practice: Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in the OSCE Region
- Document number
- 1359
- Date
- 2006
- Title
- From Policy to Practice: Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in the OSCE Region
- Author/publisher
- Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Annual Report 2006, Anti-trafficking measures, Labour exploitation, Sexual exploitation, Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Assistance, Law enforcement, Recommendations
- Summary
- This report broadly covers the period from May 2004, the beginning of the term of the first Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human beings, Ms. Helga Konrad. Divided into four parts, the report presents an overview of efforts to combat trafficking in human beings as well as significant challenges encountered throughout the OSCE Region by the participating States as well as by the relevant structures, institutions and field operations. Part I addresses national efforts to combat trafficking in human beings in the participating States. The section presents an overview of the participating States’ approaches to combating THB, including a list of challenges identified by the participating States themselves, which can serve as the basis for future policy recommendations. Because it is difficult to obtain systematic and uniform data about THB, the possibilities of extensive quantitative and qualitative analysis were limited at this stage. None the less, the data obtained from the participating States as well as through country visits and reports did allow for the development of valid preliminary observations about the overall status of States’ efforts to combat THB. Part II describes the efforts of the OSCE structures, institutions and field operations to implement the OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings. This section addresses the challenges of policy development and co-ordination as well as the implementation of specific tasks in the areas of Investigation, Law Enforcement and Prosecution, Prevention, and Protection and Assistance Part III presents overall conclusions based on the analysis of the OSCE bodies in the implementation of the Action Plan. It describes the challenges faced by these bodies in addressing THB, many of which have been identified by the participating States themselves and supported by comments made by the NGOs.
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