OSCE launches new series of anti-trafficking training seminars for law enforcement officers and social workers across Kazakhstan

Some 35 law-enforcement officers and social workers took part in the first in a series of four training seminars on anti-trafficking practices and procedures in Kyzylorda, Kazakshtan, on 16 March 2017.

The seminar focused on the criteria and standards for assisting victims of human trafficking, relevant national and international legislation, ways in which social exclusion and disenfranchisement make people vulnerable to trafficking, as well as re-socialization and compensation for survivors.

The series is organized by the Programme Office, in co-operation with the Health Care and Interior Ministries as well as the United States Embassy to Kazakhstan.  Representatives of the locak Akimat (regional administration) attended the event.  

Other workshops will be held in Aktau, Petropavlovsk and Ust-Kamenogorsk later this year. The seminars are a follow-up to the series of workshops held last year in and around of Almaty, Astana, Karaganda and Shymkent.

The initiative is part of the Programme Office’s multi-year efforts to raise awareness and build the capacity of law enforcement institutions and civil society to counter human trafficking in line with the host country’s commitments under international treaties.