The GNCHR at a UNODC side event on chlid trafficking in Vienna

A side event focusing on the issue of child trafficking was held in the context of the 34th Session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (UNODC). The event was addressed by the President of the Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GNCHR), Professor Maria Gavouneli.

The event took place in Vienna on Monday, May 19, 2025, and was organized by the General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, in cooperation with the Embassy of Greece and the Permanent Mission of Greece to the International Organizations in Vienna.

Speakers at the event also included Mr. Manuel Albano, National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings, Portugal; Ms. Ruth Freedom Pojman, International Expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC Network); Ms. Eva Gashi, Vulnerability and Victim Protection Expert on Trafficking in Human Beings and Other Forms of Violence, General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection, Ministry of Migration and Asylum; and Ms. Negin Torfinezhadian, Unaccompanied Minors’ Mentor, General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection, Ministry of Migration and Asylum.

The GNCHR extends its gratitude to the Greek Embassy in Vienna for the warm reception and welcome.