Upon request of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and as a follow-up to the joint
roundtable on discussing the legal framework to tackle hate incidents, organized in 2012 by
the Mission, EU High Level Policy Adviser to the GPO and the UN Human Rights Adviser,
the Mission, organized two workshops on investigating and prosecuting hate crimes in 2013.
One was held in Chisinau and another in Balti. In total, 25 prosecutors and 25 police officers,
representing most of the administrative regions of Moldova, attended the events.
In October, the Mission, upon request of the National Anti-Corruption Centre, organized a
workshop for 25 officials of various state authorities responsible for the implementation of the
National Strategy on Prevention and Combating Money Laundering and its Action Plan,
adopted for 2013-2017. In co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia, best European
practices on combating money laundering and schemes for financing terrorist activities were
discussed with responsible Moldovan public officials.
Anti-Trafficking
The Anti-Trafficking and Gender Programme (ATG) continued to organize seminars on the
human-rights and gender approaches to combating trafficking in human beings.
During the reporting period, there were over 100 Ministry of Interior police officers trained in
anti-trafficking activities that included child interview techniques. Co-ordination of human
trafficking and gender activities was further strengthened through nine monthly Technical
Coordination Meetings (TCMs) in Chisinau and six roundtables in Transdniestria. About 150
representatives of over 100 international organizations, state bodies and NGOs of both
banks of Dniestr/Nistru river participated.
Responsibility for regional co-ordination meetings was handed over to the Government. In
Transdniestria, over 70 representatives of 50 NGOs and authorities increased their dialogue
and co-operation through six roundtables of the Social Partnership Network set up by the
Mission. More co-ordination activities between the two banks of Dniestr/Nistru river took
place in 2013, such as the roundtable on the “Multidisciplinary Approach to Combating
Human Trafficking”, targeting the de facto authorities engaged in combating trafficking in
persons and aimed at sharing experiences, lessons learned and cases studies from OSCE
participating States.
Domestic Violence
The ATG organized and attended various conferences and workshops, in Moldova, for
representatives from NGOs and ministries on assisting victims of domestic violence and
dealing with perpetrators.
25 young men and boys were trained on how to get involved in preventing family violence
and abuse.
The Mission distributed 1,000 brochures, 700 leaflets and posters, 2,000 calendars, 500 Tshirts and baseball caps with messages against domestic violence.
Three billboards were placed, 3,000 brochures and leaflets, 200 T-shirts and caps with an
anti-domestic violence message were distributed during the Federation Cup tennis
tournament hosted by Moldova.
The social play Casa M, based on real stories of Moldovan survivors of domestic violence,
was put on stage in eight districts throughout Moldova, reaching over 3,000 viewers.
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