Labour inspectors in Turkey raise their capacities on strengthening of identification and referral of the victims of labour exploitation

Natrag Labour inspectors in Turkey raise their capacities on strengthening of identification and referral of the victims of labour exploitation

Strengthening of identification and referral of the victims of labour exploitation was the focus of the training with 39 labour inspectors from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, delivered during 7-10 March 2022, under the joint European Union and Council of Europe action on “Strengthening the human rights protection of migrants and victims of human trafficking in Turkey”.

The Prosecutor of the Turkish Court of Cassation Rıfat Sagut and the local experts, Ezgi Yaman Kennedy and Burçak Özoğlu delivered training sessions and case studies on the characteristics of trafficking in human beings (ThB), its legal and institutional framework, the identification of victims of labour exploitation in Turkey as well as the national referral and assistance pathways for victims of labour exploitation. The training also received contributions from the stakeholders as the Ministry of Labour and Social Security also presented a session on the phenomenon of labour exploitation in Turkey and good practices against it. The Presidency of Migration Management facilitated a session on the Anti-Trafficking Coordination System and National Referral Mechanism.

The training was highly participative and received precious inputs from the participants on the situation on the field and a vast majority of participants reported having significantly increased their knowledge on the identification and referral of victims of labour exploitation.

This event was organised within the framework of the action “Strengthening the human rights protection of migrants and victims of human trafficking in Turkey”, part of the joint European Union/Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”.

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Horizontal Facility III

The joint European Union and Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye” (Horizontal Facility III) is a co-operation initiative, running from 2023 until 2026.

The programme covers actions in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye. It enables the Beneficiaries to meet their reform agendas in the fields of human rights, rule of law and democracy and to comply with European standards, which is also a priority for the EU enlargement process.

The third phase of the programme is worth €41 million (85% funded by the European Union, 15% by the Council of Europe).

* Ova oznaka ne prejudicira stavove o statusu i ista je u skladu s Rezolucijom Vijeća sigurnosti UN-a 1244 i Mišljenjem Međunarodnog suda pravde o Deklaraciji o neovisnosti Kosova.