Strengthening anti-trafficking action in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Newsroom
New tools for effecitve prevention, detection, and investigation of human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As part of its action against human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe has developed and produced a new Resource package with a Handbook and training materials for improved prevention, detection, and investigation of human trafficking for the purpose of labour...
21 experts complete updated online training on human trafficking in line with Council of Europe’s HELP Methodology
21 professionals have successfully completed the new, updated online training modules on human trafficking developed in line with the Council of Europe’s HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) Methodology. The updated course includes the latest practice of the European Court of...
Vital milestone in combating human trafficking in BiH: 14 trainers certified in line with European standards for curbing labour exploitation
14 expert trainers - police officers and labour inspectors - received certification on 5 December 2024 in line with international standards for combating labour exploitation. This milestone enables them to share knowledge and strengthen institutional responses to this critical social challenge....
Important step towards sustainability of local anti-trafficking action: Certified trainers carry out first independent training sessions
Fourteen newly certified trainers conducted a series of four training sessions, focusing on combating human trafficking for labour exploitation, for over 50 professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina. This initiative marks their first independent engagement as emerging focal points for...
Using confiscated illegal assets to provide support to human trafficking victims
The obligations assumed by Bosnia and Herzegovina by ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings in 2008 clearly stipulate that victims should have the right to compensation and that there should be a mechanism for compensation for victims (Article 15...
Statement from the Secretary General for European Anti-Trafficking Day: We must unite to protect those most at risk
On the eve of European Anti-trafficking Day on 18 October, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, called for unity in protecting those who are most vulnerable as intensifying conflicts lead to an increased number of migrants and asylum seekers: “In 2024, armed conflict and...
Joining forces towards prevention of ICT-facilitated human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina
How to tackle the challenges posed by the growing use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the recruitment, control, and exploitation of human trafficking victims? This question brought together over 60 local and regional experts at a two-day conference in Sarajevo on October...
Continuation of support of the Council of Europe anti-trafficking project in organisation of Symposium of Prosecutors (Panel on trafficking in human beings)
Aiming to support capacity building of judicial professionals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, each year the Council of Europe anti-trafficking project, in collaboration with partners (OSCE BiH, IOM, IFS EMMAUS, and EU4FAST), organizes Panel on trafficking in human beings (in the framework of the...
Fourteen representatives of police agencies and inspectorates certified to conduct training on human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation
In order to ensure the continuation of activities related to strengthening of the capacities of professionals through trainings organized by institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to improve work in the field on the identification of victims of human trafficking for the purpose of labour...
Council of Europe anti-trafficking project continues support to professionals in Bosnia and Herzegovina on suppression of labour exploitation
Council of Europe anti-trafficking project in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues with activities to strengthen the knowledge and capacity of professionals to detect and combat trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation. On 15 March 2024, for the second time, the project...
The Council of Europe participated in regional events on Countering Trafficking in Human Beings in the Western Balkans
The Council of Europe project “Strengthening anti-trafficking action in Bosnia and Herzegovina” provided support to two regional events, which took place in Budva, Montenegro. The regional training of trainers on digital investigations and victim-centred interviewing techniques was organised by...
Launching of a training of trainers for police officers and labour inspectors from Bosnia and Herzegovina on combating labour trafficking
In order to ensure local ownership and to increase the outreach work on the identification of victims of human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation, the Council of Europe project “Strengthening anti-trafficking action in Bosnia and Herzegovina” launched a training of trainers (ToT)...
Professionals in Bosnia and Herzegovina adressed technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings as a growing problem in the country
The criminal landscape of trafficking in human beings has significantly changed with the increasing availability of technology and generalised access to the Internet. Countries monitored by GRETA (Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings) have reported...
Federal Police Administration and the Federal Administration for Inspection Affairs sign a Protocol on cooperation to combat human trafficking
To increase the outreach work of identification of victims and the investigation of instances of human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation, the Federal Police Administration and the Federal Administration for Inspection Affairs signed today, 22 March 2024, a cooperation Protocol....
Ending labour trafficking and empowering its victims
The progress achieved so far in Bosnia and Herzegovina to prevent and combat labour trafficking was the focus of the round table organised by the Council of Europe. Measures to address vulnerabilities to labour trafficking as well as to investigate and remediate to labour trafficking were...
Supporting the development of the new anti-trafficking strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On the occasion of the process of developing the new anti-trafficking strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period 2024-2027, the Council of Europe anti-trafficking project organised two meetings to discuss and provide to domestic authorities contributions from non-governmental...
European Anti-trafficking Day: Council of Europe expert group calls for preventing human trafficking risks exacerbated in the context of migration
On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day (18 October), the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has warned of the increased risk of human trafficking created by restrictive immigration policies and failure to address the...
European Anti-Trafficking Day: expert panel in Bosnia-Herzegovina highlights women's vulnerability to human trafficking
To mark the European Anti-trafficking Day, the XVI Annual Symposium of Prosecutors of Bosnia and Herzegovina (17 – 19 October 2023) held a panel on "Trafficking in human beings as a form of gender-based violence” The panel was co-organised by the Council of Europe Office in BiH, the OSCE Mission...
Peer exchange on preventing and investigating child trafficking for forced begging between professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia
Preventing and combating forced begging as a prevalent form of child trafficking in Bosnia Herzegovina and North Macedonia remains a priority for the authorities. Children suffer from physical and psychological maltreatment, they drop out scholarship, and are sent on the street to ask for money...
Strengthening cooperation between law enforcement and labour inspectors for a better detection and investigation of labour trafficking
"Only through a good cooperation and coordination between police structures and labour inspectorates we can make progress in the identification and investigation of human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation. This will result among others in a better assistance of the victims" said...
