[ Human Rights ] Participants at the first training seminar on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security held by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and ODIHR, Chis¸ina˘u, 8 December 2011. (OSCE/Igor Schimba˘tor) This is often preceded by inadequate victim identification and assistance, particularly in the context of labour trafficking. Without specialized legal assistance, victims are even more vulnerable to punishment and stigmatization by criminal justice actors and immigration officials. Furthermore, state authorities in many countries have failed to adopt comprehensive victim-centred support mechanisms and to reach out to vulnerable groups, such as undocumented migrants and other marginalized communities. Policies, practices and measures to guarantee the safe return of trafficked persons are still severely lacking throughout the OSCE region. Human Rights, Women and Security Effective security institutions, policies and programmes should reflect the needs and interests of both men and women. This can only be assured by having women present in all ranks of security-sector institutions and in peacekeeping efforts. Furthermore, in order to better serve their communities, all security-sector personnel should be equipped to address the needs of women before, during and after conflict. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security first coined these principles in 2000. Since then, subsequent UNSC resolutions, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against 42 ODIHR Annual Report 2011 Women (CEDAW) and OSCE commitments, such as the OSCE Ministerial Council Decision No. 14/05 on “Women in Conflict Prevention, Crisis Management, and Post-Conflict Rehabilitation,” have provided reinforcement and served as comprehensive “calls to action” in this area. These documents show the resolve of OSCE participating States to support gender equality in the security sector. ODIHR assists this effort by providing training based on the Gender and Security Sector Reform Toolkit to law-enforcement, border management and armed forces personnel in order to strengthen the capacity of national security institutions on gender issues.