[ Human Rights ] Mariana Katzarova, ODIHR’s Senior Adviser on Anti-traficking Issues, speaks during a side event on “Enhancing Child Protection and Preventing Child Trafficking” at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, 6 October 2011. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski) in the Handbook on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Armed Forces Personnel, published by the Office and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). An ODIHR representative participated in an event on the right to conscientious objection to military service, one of the core issues analyzed in the handbook, on 22 February in Yerevan. As follow-up, ODIHR conducted a legislative review of Armenia’s military discipline legislation. The Handbook was presented to armed forces representatives assembled for the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation “Seminar on the OSCE Code of Conduct and Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in the South Caucasus and Black Sea Region” from 5 to 7 July in Odessa, Ukraine. A version of the Handbook, in Azeri, was launched at a roundtable event on the role of NHRIs in addressing infringements on rights of armed forces personnel, on 13 December in Baku. Trafficking in Human Beings ODIHR continued to advocate for inclusion of civil society actors in victim identification and National Referral Mechanisms, increased protection of the rights of migrant workers, and better victim identification and assistance, in particular with regard to labour trafficking. ODIHR supported provision of legal assistance to 48 ODIHR Annual Report 2011 trafficked persons and promoted peer education as an effective form of outreach that enhances rights protection of marginalized and vulnerable groups. The Office continued to train key stakeholders and criminal justice actors on international standards and good practices on access to justice and effective remedies, including compensation, for trafficked persons. This included support to OSCE field presences in building the capacity of local and national policymakers and practitioners to combat trafficking, including the OSCE Office in Baku and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan. ODIHR continued to highlight the need to enhance human rights protection in the return of trafficked persons, undertaking expert research in a wide range of countries of origin and destination to inform the development of its Guide on Human Rights Protection in the Return of Trafficked Persons, to be published in 2012. In an effort to strengthen cross-border exchange of expertise and co-operation between lawyers on issues relevant to access to justice for trafficked persons, ODIHR organized an international workshop from 28 to 30 March in Istanbul, in co-operation with the Istanbul Bilgi University. Participants examined pre-conditions for access to justice and reviewed the effectiveness of criminal, civil, administrative and other mechanisms for accessing justice and compensation at the national and international levels. The workshop enabled 26 lawyers

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