Non-ILO events

September 2007 

• 24 September 2007 - 05 October 2007, Warsaw
  Human Dimension Implementation Meeting - [pdf 41 KB]
  The HDIM is Europe's largest human rights conference and is a forum where representatives from government, civil society and international organizations discuss the implementation of OSCE commitments in the human dimension. One of the sessions focused on forced labour and trafficking

June 2007 

• 28 June 2007 - 30 June 2007, Hong Kong, China
  Human Trafficking: How best to stem the flow? - [pdf 78 KB]
  The Conference dealt with the most effective immigration, policing, and judicial strategies to reduce human trafficking, the international cooperation, aid and technical assistance, the links to forced labour, the border measures needed, the prosecution of criminal gangs, the retrafficking cycle, and the support to victims of trafficking.
• 07 June 2007 - 08 June 2007, Strasbourg, France
  Misuse of the Internet for the recruitment of victims of trafficking in human beings
  The Council of Europe has prepared a study on the misuse of internet for the recruitment of victims of trafficking in human beings. In order to contribute to the preparation of this study, the seminar held in Strasbourg on 7 and 8 June 2007 discussed the different methods used for the recruitment of victims on the internet and possible legislative, administrative and technical measures to combat this misuse. Representatives of the countries which had ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, EUROPOL, EUROJUST, ILO, national polices forces and non-governmental organisations attended the seminar.

April 2007 

• 19 April 2007, Hong Kong, China
  Public-Private Partnerships to End Human Trafficking and Forced Labour: New Business Solutions to a Global Challenge
  This Summit is the launch of a two-year initiative that will focus attention on corporate social responsibility to combat human trafficking and forced labour in Asia. It will showcase innovative business practices that are curbing human trafficking for both labour and sexual exploitation.