The need for effective National Referral Mechanisms to combat trafficking in women and girls: Side event at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

On the margins of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women - CSW67 (2023), the OSCE/ODIHR is organising a side event on the need for effective National Referral Mechanisms (NRMs) to combat trafficking in women and girls.

OSCE participating States have unanimously committed to ensuring that all female victims of violence will be provided with full, equal and timely access to justice and effective remedies (MC Decisions 15/05 and 7/14 on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women).

Agenda

The event will bring together representatives from States, relevant United Nations agencies, governmental and non-governmental organizations to reflect on the need to establish and strengthen effective anti-trafficking mechanisms for proactive identification, protection of and assistance to women and girls who are victims and survivors of human trafficking.

The event will discuss the key components and new features of ODIHR’s updated NRM Handbook and highlight the importance of a gender-sensitive, trauma-informed, victim and survivor-centered approach. It will also facilitate the exchange of promising practices among participants to ensure that survivor voices of women and girls are reflected in the implementation of NRMs.

Registration

The event will be conducted in a blended format and bring the OSCE anti-trafficking community together in person and via videoconference (Zoom).

To join the event in person, please register here.