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Trafficking in Human Beingsin Southeastern EuropeRegionalInitiativesKosovar refugee women. The campaign was organised in co-operation withUNHCHR and IOM.An international seminar on “Co-ordinated action against trafficking in humanbeings in Southeastern Europe: towards a regional action plan” was held inAthens from 29 June to 1 July 2000, also within the framework of the StabilityPact. It was organised in partnership with OSCE/ODIHR and IOM. Recommendationsfor actions to be undertaken at national level were adopted, includingthe launching of national action plans against trafficking.Finally, as part of the CoE contribution to the aims of the Stability Pact TaskForce on Trafficking as well as of the Stability Pact Initiative against OrganisedCrime (SPOC), the CoE (Directorate General for Human Rights in partnershipwith Directorate General I – Legal Affairs / PACO Programme) implemented apilot project in Romania and Moldova. This project, entitled “Criminal lawreform on trafficking in human beings in Southeastern Europe” was to contributeto the effective criminalisation of trafficking in human beings at theregional level and to ensure the protection of the human rights of traffickedpersons.On 23-24 November 2001, CoE in co-operation with the Stability Pact TaskForce on Trafficking in Human Beings organised a regional training course inBelgrade, on the reform of criminal law with respect to trafficking in humanbeings. This training course aimed to establish a framework for the necessarylegislative reforms taking into account relevant international instruments.2.3. International Organisation for Migration (IOM)IOM is the main organisation working in the area of assistance for the victimsof trafficking and trafficking prevention. In May 2001, IOM signed a Memorandumof Understanding with the SECI Centre in the field of assistance to repatriatedtrafficked women in the Balkan region. IOM has started programmesin many countries in the region not only of assistance but also of re-integrationof trafficked persons and of raising awareness.IOM’s programmes are organised to assist trafficked persons to return voluntarilyto their countries of origin. IOM is also involved in activities in SEE toprevent trafficking and to assist and protect the trafficked persons where possiblethrough partnerships between the countries of destination, transit andorigin. In the area of prevention, IOM organises seminars and training coursesto raise awareness of trafficking, and conducts nationwide public informationcampaigns.Within the framework of the SPTTF, IOM is the lead agency for Return and ReintegrationAssistance.2.4. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights(UNHCHR)Since 1998, UNHCHR has taken an active interest in the problem of traffickingin human beings, focusing in particular on trafficking in women and children.With the aim of providing policy guidance and leadership on the issue of trafficking,UNHCHR is currently in the process of developing guidelines for theintegration of human rights into national, regional and international anti-traffickinginitiatives. The guidelines will serve as a practical tool for governmentsand international organisations, including the agencies and programmes of the18
Trafficking in Human Beingsin Southeastern EuropeUnited Nations system. They will be linked to and seek to facilitate effectiveimplementation of the key provisions of the Palermo Protocol on trafficking.RegionalInitiativesA joint UNHCHR/CoE Trafficking Prevention Programme for Eastern and CentralEurope was launched in 1999. UNHCHR also worked with the CoE andother international agencies on the organisation of a seminar in Athens (June2000) aimed at developing a subregional plan of action against trafficking inhuman beings in SEE.Within the framework of SPTTF, in co-operation with ILO, UNHCHR is the leadagency for prevention measures.2.5. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)Globally, UNICEF’s experience in addressing commercial sexual exploitation ofchildren in Asia and West Africa focuses on raising public awareness, childrights advocacy and improving the situation of children at risk.In November 2001, together with CoE, UNICEF organised the Budapest PreparatoryConference for Europe on Protection of Children against SexualExploitation. In co-operation with ECPAT International and the NGO Group forthe Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF co-sponsored the SecondCongress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children that took placein Yokohama, Japan in December 2001.In SEE, UNICEF has carried out research and assessment on the situation andresponses to trafficking. UNICEF has taken a leading role in HIV/AIDS preventionin SEE, and in collaboration with local partners, is undertaking a RapidAssessment and Response (RAR) on HIV/AIDS and STI risk and vulnerabilityin Albania, BiH, FYR Macedonia and FRY. They will provide information that willbe the basis for developing targeted activities with especially vulnerableyoung people, including sex workers and trafficked women and girls, in theabove countries.Within SPTTF, in cooperation with Save the Children, UNICEF is the leadagency for raising awareness. They have also been advocating for a broaderapproach to combating trafficking in women and children through addressingthe underlying causes, by focusing on special protection measures for children,gender-based violence and the development of life skills for young peopleto protect themselves from exploitation, including the risks of HIV/AIDS/STI and trafficking.2.6. United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)The United Nations Population Fund UNFPA, helps developing countries findsolutions to their population problems. The Fund has three main programmeareas, reproductive health including family planning and sexual health, populationand development strategies, and advocacy. The Reproductive HealthProgramme supports the provision of reproductive health care including theprevention and treatment of reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitteddiseases including HIV/AIDS. Within this programme UNFPA, in cooperationwith IOM supports reproductive health programmes for traffickedwomen and children who are staying in the IOM shelters in countries of destinationand of origin.19
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