OSCE supports international roundtable discussion on combating human trafficking and labour exploitation in Kazakhstan

Strengthening organizational mechanisms and promoting co-operation in addressing labour exploitation in Kazakhstan and other OSCE participating States was the focus of an online international roundtable discussion, which concluded on 29 January 2021. 

The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s Office of Kazakhstan, jointly organized the event.

Some 43 representatives of law-enforcement agencies, offices of the prosecutor general, civil society and academia discussed regional state obligations in the field of combating trafficking in persons and the importance of strengthening regional co-operation between law enforcement agencies and non-governmental organizations in the fight against modern-day slavery. Experts from Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan presented good practices on ways of counteracting organized crime related to human trafficking in their respective countries.

The event was part of the OSCE Programme Office’s long-standing efforts to support the host country in combating human trafficking and in implementing the OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings.