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GRETA carries out fourth evaluation visit to Latvia
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) carried out an evaluation visit to Latvia on 7-11 April 2025 as part of the fourth evaluation round of the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. This evaluation round...
Round-table meeting on Serbia’s implementation of the recommendations from the third round of evaluation of the Anti-Trafficking Convention
Some 37 representatives of Serbian ministries, government agencies and civil society organisations met in Belgrade on 10 April 2025 to discuss progress in the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, on the basis of the third evaluation...
25th OSCE Alliance against Trafficking in persons conference: Council of Europe side-event on preventing trafficking and online exploitation among displaced children of Ukraine
On the occasion of the 25th OSCE Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference, the Council of Europe organised a side-event, in Vienna, on 1 April 2025, on preventing trafficking and online exploitation among displaced children of Ukraine. War and mass displacement heighten the risks of...
North Macedonia: Round-table meeting to discuss the country’s progress in combating human trafficking
Some 25 representatives of government agencies and civil society organisations of North Macedonia met in Skopje on 2 April 2025 to discuss progress in implementing the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, based on the third evaluation report issued by the...
New GRETA President calls for renewed commitment from all actors backed by Council of Europe Experts as an independent voice in the fight against human trafficking
Professor Conny Rijken, the Dutch National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence against Children, has been elected as the President of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) for a two-year term. Upon her election, Professor Rijken expressed her...
GRETA holds its 53rd plenary meeting and elects its Bureau
The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) held its 53rd plenary meeting from 24 to 28 March 2025, in Strasbourg, France. GRETA elected its new Bureau for the next two-year period. Professor Conny Rijken, who is the Dutch National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking...
GRETA publishes its fourth report on the Slovak Republic
In its latest report on the Slovak Republic, the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) acknowledges progress in combatting trafficking in human beings but urges the authorities to prevent trafficking of vulnerable children, including Roma...
Network of specialised anti-trafficking lawyers and NGOs: webinar on recent case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
Some 40 lawyers from different countries, members of the Council of Europe Network of specialised lawyers and NGOs providing legal assistance to victims of trafficking in human beings, joined a webinar on 13 March 2025 to discuss recent developments in the European Court of Human Rights case-law...
GRETA publishes its fourth report on Austria
Published today, the latest report on Austria from the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), which is responsible for monitoring implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, praises positive...
European Court of Human Rights affirms states' duty to protect persons with intellectual disabilities from human trafficking in I.C. v. the Republic of Moldova judgment
In its judgment in the case of I.C. v. the Republic of Moldova (application no. 36436/22), delivered on 27 February 2025, the European Court of Human Rights found that the Moldovan authorities’ failure to protect an intellectually disabled woman from labour exploitation and sexual abuse, and to...
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