[ 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
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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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