Trafficking in Human Beings in Southeastern Europe - Iom

Trafficking in Human Beingsin Southeastern EuropeBosnia andHerzegovinatices to ensure that traffickers (and their collaborators) are prosecuted andthat victims are protected.UNMIBH established STOP – the UN Special Trafficking Operations Programmeunit in IPTF - in July 2001. STOP Teams are working in all districts and cooperatingwith local police to monitor bars and nightclubs and organise raids.OSCE is providing support to the International Human Rights Law Group(IHRLG) for the following:• Training for lawyers “Enhancing Legal Protection for Trafficking Victimsin BiH”;• Increasing awareness among defence lawyers;• Establishing a group of the defence lawyers specialised in traffickingissues;• Developing guidelines for the protection of trafficked persons that willbe distributed to all courts and prosecutors offices.• As part of its gender sensitisation training, the local NGO MedicaZenica trained police, judges and prosecutors in Zenica in 1999, andin Mostar in 2001, on violence against women and children, includingvictims of trafficking.• IHRLG has conducted numerous training sessions on trafficking andhuman rights issues. The training was developed primarily for NGOs,but participants also included judges, prosecutors, journalists, membersof the police and social workers. Presently it is working on aproject to strengthen the capacity of the RING network to support itsadvocacy for the adoption of appropriate anti-trafficking laws. IHRLGis also working on a review of existing legislation relevant to trafficking,including immigration, civil and criminal law, health and socialwelfare.74