In 2018, Germany and the majority of UN member states adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), which is intended to set an international framework for improved…
La Strada International (LSI) has published a statement on the occasion of the European Day of Victims of Crime on 22 February 2022. The statement calls for all trafficked persons to have access to…
On 15 February 2022, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) presented a study on policy measures against technology-based trafficking in human beings in a virtual launch…
Since 2000, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has been producing the World Migration Report every two years. The report aims to contribute to a better understanding of migration and…
On 24 January, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) presented an updated version of the handbook…
On 9 December 2021, the German Institute for Human Rights presented its sixth report to the Bundestag on the development of the human rights situation in Germany. In accordance with the Act on the…
A report by the Vietnamese NGO Blue Dragon provides information on the factors that promote human trafficking in Vietnam. The organisation has been active in Vietnam since 2003 and has set itself…
This year, once more, we look back on a challenging time, again marked by the corona virus. As in 2020, the specialised counselling centres had to maintain their counselling work under contact…
On November 22-23, 2021, the General Assembly held its high-level meeting to evaluate the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The President presented a draft resolution on this…
In a statemnet, the UN Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) criticises that trafficked persons are still too often detained and prosecuted for crimes they are forced…