Human Rights including compensation through criminal, civil and labour proceedings. ODIHR again supported efforts by state authorities and civil society actors to prevent human trafficking and enhance trafficked persons’ access to justice and protection of their rights. Activities in this area included the provision of legal assistance to trafficked persons and outreach work to vulnerable groups in a number of countries of destination and origin throughout the OSCE region. The Office also continued to conduct and support training seminars and expert meetings for criminal-justice actors and support organizations on providing effective access to justice and compensation, including in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Uzbekistan. In December, the Albanian version of ODIHR’s Compensation for Trafficked and Exploited Persons in the OSCE Region was published by the OSCE Presence in Albania with the Office’s support, and the book has since been used for training and teaching purposes by state and civil society actors. ODIHR also continued its support for the European Action for Compensation for Trafficked Persons (Comp. Act), both as member of its Advisory Board and by supporting activities on access to remedies in some of the countries participating in the initiative. This included research on access to compensation in Austria, as well as legal assistance to victims and vulnerable groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Moldova and Poland. The Office again worked to strengthen ties and co-operation between countries of origin and destination through the exchange of expertise and information to enhance the protection of the human rights of trafficked persons in cross-border cases. It supported international expert meetings and workshops, as well as study trips for state authorities, civil society organizations and legal practitioners to allow for an exchange of expertise, challenges and good practices. ODIHR extended its work on human rights protection in the return of trafficked persons to countries of origin by inviting government and civil society representatives to an expert meeting on 14 and 15 April in Warsaw. The good practices and key challenges identified will contribute to the development of a guide on human rights protection in the return of trafficked persons for policymakers and practitioners. 42 ODIHR Annual Report 2010 Throughout 2010, ODIHR worked with the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and OSCE field missions to ensure that the human dimension is adequately reflected in OSCE events and policy documents, as well as in support provided to participating States. The trafficking sessions, including a side event during the human dimension sessions of the 2010 OSCE Review Conference, successfully highlighted two key issues in the fight against child trafficking: the need to effectively address child labour exploitation, including trafficking, and the need to better reach out to vulnerable groups, such as migrant children, unaccompanied children, children in institutions and children from marginalized groups in society Human Rights, Women and Security On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, ODIHR focused on taking stock of participating States’ efforts to integrate gender issues into security-sector policies and institutions. Efforts of this kind are the key to operational effectiveness, local ownership and strengthened oversight of security actors. A well-attended event during the Warsaw sessions of the 2010 OSCE Review Conference was opened by the newly appointed Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Gender Issues and served as a platform for presenting the Russian translation of the ODIHR/DCAF/ UN-INSTRAW Gender and Security Sector Reform Toolkit. The Toolkit is a comprehensive educational tool that is used to strengthen the capacity of national security institutions (e.g., law-enforcement, armed forces and border-management agencies), policymakers and civil society organizations to better address the role of women in conflict prevention, conflict management and post-conflict reconstruction. Training based on the Toolkit was conducted for the first time on 6 December at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, where mid-level and senior border-management officials were introduced to the concepts of gender mainstreaming and developing sensitivity to gender issues among their staff.