Human Trafficking: European Developments

In the Council of Europe:

4th meeting of the Committee of the Parties of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, Strasbourg, 13 September 2010 [agenda] [text]
- Focus was on the theme of "Partnerships among international organisations active in the field of trafficking in human beings: need for co-ordinated action"; see also statements from ILO and OSCE.

7th meeting of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), Strasbourg, 14-17 September 2010 [text]

In the European Union:

The European Union’s Policy on Trafficking in Human Beings: An Overview of the External Dimension (EU External Relations, Aug. 2010) [text]

Human Trafficking in Europe (UNODC, UNIFEM, OHCHR, UNHCR, ILO & UNICEF, Sept. 2010) [text]
- Leaflet from six UN agencies that advocates for "the rights of victims of trafficking [to be] effectively addressed in European Union rules." Includes a link to the text of a letter to the EU with comments on "the proposal for a Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims released by the European Commission on 29 March 2010
(COM(2010)095), which, once adopted, would repeal the 2002 Framework Decision on
combating trafficking in human beings."

Opinions of the Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings (2010)
- Two are available: On Priority Actions in view of the revision and/or further implementation of the EU Plan on best practices, standards and procedures for combating and preventing trafficking in human beings (THB)(2005/C311/01) [text]
- On the Decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the Case of Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia [text]

In the OSCE:

"Prevention of Modern Slavery: 'An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure'," 9th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, 14-15 September 2009 (OSCE, Sept. 2010) [text]

Elsewhere:

Human Trafficking in Europe Syllabus (Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Fall 2010) [text]
- See more syllabi at the Protection Project.

Trafficking in human beings: human rights and transnational criminal law, developments in law and practices (UNESCO, 2010) [text]

Related posts:
Combating and preventing trafficking in human beings (June 2010)

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