return, risk assessment and the reintegration of trafficked persons. The seminar was organized by the Polish presidency of the European Union, in partnership with ODIHR, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development and the International Organization for Migration, on 30 November and 1 December in Warsaw. Finally, throughout 2011, 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. This included a two-day meeting of all focal points on anti-trafficking issues within OSCE institutions and bodies, jointly organized with the Office of the Special Representative and co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and held on 23 and 24 November in Vienna. [ Human Rights ] and NGO staff from 15 countries across the OSCE region to share their expertise, with the participation of the anti-trafficking focal points of several OSCE field missions. Building on the Istanbul workshop and consultations with legal practitioners working on individual cases, ODIHR enhanced its efforts to facilitate the establishment of a network of legal practitioners in the OSCE region, specializing in issues of access to justice and effective remedies for trafficked persons. In this context, the Office also supported lawyers’ participation in the European Pro-Bono Forum, organized by the Global Network for Public Interest Law (PILnet), from 16 to 18 November in Berlin. ODIHR also continued to support the European Action for Compensation for Trafficked Persons (COMP.ACT), including as a member of the organization’s advisory board. With Anti-Slavery International, La Strada International and the Permanent Missions of Germany and the Philippines to the United Nations, ODIHR co-organized a special event on trafficked persons’ access to justice and compensation on 31 May at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The event, which was opened by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, extended its support to the findings and recommendations of the 2011 report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons which focused on effective remedies. ODIHR also continued its efforts to enhance cooperation and exchange of expertise, as well as to seek synergies with the work of international organizations, such as the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, the Council of Europe and its Group of Experts on Action again Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), and the European Union, in particular the Office of the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, Frontex and the Fundamental Rights Agency. Upon invitation by ODIHR and as a first step towards joint consultations, the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons presented her report, including the draft basic principles on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons, to OSCE participating States on 6 October at the 2011 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. On the occasion of EU Anti-Trafficking Day, on 18 October in Warsaw, ODIHR’s presentation at the expert panel on prevention highlighted the need to strengthen the effectiveness and co-operation of EU agencies in combating trafficking in human beings and to focus prevention efforts on rights protection. It emphasized the need for states to tackle exploitation by addressing inequalities within and between countries, including through ensuring adequate access to social and economic rights for vulnerable groups. At an expert seminar on human trafficking, ODIHR, jointly with the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, highlighted the need for a human rights-based approach to combating the problem, including within strategies in the areas of prevention, identification, safe Human Rights, Women and Security In the wake of the tenth anniversary of UNSCR 1325, ODIHR held eight training events in 2011 based on the OSCE/ODIHR, DCAF and UN Women Gender and Security Sector Reform Toolkit. In March and June, ODIHR provided training on gender mainstreaming to border officials from various countries in the OSCE region as they participated in two, separate staff courses organized by the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe. On 19 and 20 September, ODIHR organized training based on the toolkit for 50 law-enforcement officers in Montenegro, focusing on the importance of properly addressing security issues that are predominantly experienced by women, such as domestic violence. From 10 to 15 November, ODIHR, together with the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, implemented a series of three training events on the toolkit, and UNSCR 1325 in general, for local government officials in the Serbian towns of Zaječar, Niš and Kraljevo, respectively. These events were prime opportunities for discussions on gender equality in the security sector at the local level, as Serbia had recently adopted a national action plan for the implementation of UNSCR 1325. Lastly, on 8 and 9 December, at the request of the Ministry of Defence of Moldova, ODIHR provided training on the skills and tools needed to develop comprehensive gender mainstreaming for the armed forces. ODIHR also participated, in April and May, in a review of Tajikistan’s draft national action plan on gender, which includes a chapter on implementation of UNSCR 1325, as well as in an OSCE-wide conference, on 27 and 28 October in Sarajevo, on the importance of developing such plans. Co-operation with NATO on implementation of UNSCR 1325 was renewed, with ODIHR sharing its expertise at the workshop “Lessons Learned from Implementing UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security”, on 1 December in Brussels. ODIHR Annual Report 2011 49