TIP Report 2008 Published

The eighth Report on Trafficking in Persons, (TIP), published by the US Department of State, is now available from the US Government website (pdf, 49 MB).

Download "Listening to Victims"

The ICMPD study "Listening to Victims - experiences of identification, return and assistance in South-Eastern Europe", produced in the context of the Programme to Support the Development of Transnational Referral Mechanisms (TRM) for Trafficked Persons in South-Eastern Europe, is now, along with the Draft TRM Guidelines, available on this website. Download by clicking on the name of the publication:

Listening to Victims (pdf, 850 kb).
Draft TRM Guidelines (pdf, 750 kb).

OSCE Online Workshop on "Countering the sexual exploitation of children on the internet"

An online workshop on "Countering the sexual exploitation of children on the internet", will take place on the internet 13 - 24 October 2008. Download the Agenda.

An online demonstration is available here

Deadline for registration: 30 September 2008

Please register online through the OSCE Policing OnLine Information System (POLIS). Access registration form.

More OSCE News

OSCE Helsinki conference to identify ways to improve prosecution of human trafficking

VIENNA, 3 September 2008 - How to improve countries' capacity to prosecute cases of human trafficking, taking into account the need for trafficking victims to be protected and assisted, will be the focus of a two-day OSCE conference that opens in Helsinki on Wednesday, 10 September. The conference brings together experts, including judges and prosecutors, from countries with experience in investigating and prosecuting human trafficking. Read more on the conference website...

New: Latest issue of Terre des Hommes Newsletter

Read about recent developments in trafficking in children here

OSCE Conference Report

The report on the 3rd and 5th Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons Conferences on Human Trafficking for Labour Exploitation/Forced and Bonded Labour in 2005 and 2006 can be downloaded here (in pdf).

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ICMPD’s principles of work are...

...first, that a comprehensive human rights and victim-centred approach should underlie all anti-trafficking activities. Second, that all relevant actors including civil society should be involved in designing and implementing anti-trafficking responses both at the national as well as on the regional level - we call it multi-agency approach. The third principle is a strong government ownership of anti-trafficking activities. Fourth, anti-trafficking activities must be sustainable.

Gottfried Zürcher, Director General, ICMPD

Handbook on Anti-Trafficking Data Collection

The Handbook on Anti-Trafficking Data Collection in South-Eastern Europe: Developing Regional Criteria was developed in the framework of the Programme for the Enhancement of Anti-trafficking Responses in South-Eastern Europe - Data Collection and Information Management. It contains a list of indicators for the collection of data on trafficking in human beings - both on the victim side and on the criminal justice side. These indicators have been developed in close co-operation with governmental partners and in consultation with international experts and representatives of international and non-governmental organisations. Read more (under publications) or download it here (.pdf, 995 KB)