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Country: Ukraine Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe A series of four three-day simulation exercises organized jointly by the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine and IOM Mission in Ukraine in September and October helped officials, experts, and practitioners from 12 regions of Ukraine to enhance their practical skills in investigating cases of trafficking in human beings and assisting survivors of the crime. The training imitates labour and sexual exploitation scenarios using the methodology developed by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (CTHB). “It is highly rewarding to see that States find the format of live simulation-based training developed by our Office beneficial and actively replicate it in a national context,” says Andrea Salvoni, Acting Co-ordinator, Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for CTHB, who attended one of the simulation-based training events in Lviv. These exercises enable participants to practice identification of trafficking survivors, provide necessary assistance with a focus on protecting survivors’ rights and prevention of their re-traumatization. Simulation-based training helps to improve the distribution of responsibilities and competencies of the involved agencies and promote mutual information exchange, while safeguarding confidentiality of those who suffered from the crime. "Practical training is the only form of education that allows not only to acquire new knowledge, but also to gain new hands-on experience. It is the new experience that forms a new attitude and activates the development of new mechanisms of cooperation in the fight against human trafficking," says Nadiya Ostapchuk, Senior Project Associate of the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine. The key focus of the effort was to practice co-operation of key stakeholders of National Referral Mechanism that establishes interagency framework to deal with human trafficking. Thus, the organizers invited representatives of the migration police and the prosecutor's office, investigators, labour inspectors, employees of social protection departments, service for children’s affairs, and centres for social and psychological assistance, as well as representatives of social service centres and related non-governmental organizations. In total, 120 officials, law enforcers, and civil society experts took part in four simulation-based training events. "It is the interaction of a wide range of departments and institutions, as well as civil society agencies, that is key to ensuring an effective response to the problem of human trafficking at the state level," says Anna Karelina, Protection Field Team Leader at the IOM Ukraine. The Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings first conducted simulation training based on recreating real-life situations in November 2016 in Vicenza (Italy). Since then, the OSCE used this interactive learning method to train anti-trafficking stakeholders in several countries. Ukraine joined the practice of organizing such exercises in 2021.

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Country: World Source: UN Human Rights Council **NEW YORK (17 October 2023) **-- A UN expert deplored the lack of accountability for human trafficking in conflict situations. "Impunity has dramatic consequences, including limited access to justice and remedies for trafficked persons and growing failures in terms of prevention and protection efforts," said Siobhán Mullally, the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children. In a report presented to the UN General Assembly, Mullally said that children were particularly vulnerable to trafficking in conflict situations due to displacement, school closures, family separation and weak child protection systems. "Conflict, displacement and large movements of refugees increase the risk of trafficking, especially for unaccompanied and separated children," she said. The expert stressed that the risks are exacerbated by limited access to international protection pathways, including resettlement, humanitarian visas and asylum, and the failure to ensure protection services in humanitarian settings. "Denial of humanitarian access greatly increases the risk of trafficking," she said. "The International Criminal Court has not prosecuted the crime of trafficking in persons yet -- whether under the crimes against humanity of enslavement or sexual slavery or under other relevant and related crimes," the Special Rapporteur said. She noted that despite significant evidence of crimes against migrants, including trafficking, and sexual violence in conflict, impunity for conflict-related trafficking persists. Mullaly said that a key challenge in pursuing accountability for trafficking in conflict situations has been the proliferation of non-State armed groups and their responsibility for trafficking in persons for all purposes of exploitation. "We need urgent action to address this accountability gap, as well as the related failures and lack of capacity to prevent trafficking by armed groups and to protect trafficked persons," she said. The expert pointed to the crucial role of UN fact-finding and other investigative mandates in strengthening accountability for trafficking in conflict. "Despite the prevalence of various forms of trafficking in conflict situations, including by non-State armed groups, trafficking remains largely invisible in truth-seeking and transitional justice accountability processes," the Special Rapporteur said. "Failure to ensure guarantees of non-repetition further undermines peace-building processes, as armed groups and criminal networks often engage in trafficking in post-conflict and transitional settings," she said. Mullally examined the reasons for limited accountability in conflict situations and made recommendations to strengthen prevention, protection and access to justice for victims. "I call for urgent prioritisation of prevention of child trafficking in conflict and protection of child victims," the expert said. The expert: Ms. Siobhán Mullally (Ireland) was appointed as Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children by the UN Human Rights Council in July 2020, to promote the prevention of trafficking in persons in all its forms, and to encourage measures to uphold and protect the human rights of victims. She is also the Established Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway. Prior to her appointment as Special Rapporteur, she was a member of the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), elected as President of GRETA from 2016-2018 and as 1st Vice-President from 2014-2018. For more information and media request please contact: Hee-Kyong Yoo (yoo@un.org), Clara Pascual Vargas (clara.pascauldevargas@un.org) or hrc-sr-trafficking@un.org. For media inquiries related to other UN independent experts, please contact Maya Derouaz (maya.derouaz@un.org) or Dharisha Indraguptha (dharisha.indraguptha@un.org) Follow news related to the UN's independent human rights experts on Twitter @UN_SPExperts . Concerned about the world we live in? Then STAND UP for someone's rights today. Standup4humanrights and visit the web page at http://www.standup4humanrights.org