Main goal of this project is to tailor the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ('Ruggie-Guidelines') for the context of Human Trafficking. The guidelines should be implemented in three different sectors: agriculture, construction and the hospitality-sector.

The Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) recently published a report presenting the views and experiences of over 120 children and young people across Europe on violence in custody and presenting their suggestions for change. The Boltzmann Institute has been national partner for Austria in this project.

The Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings of the OSCE, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, will analyse in an comprehensive study the links between trafficking in human beings and torture. The legal analysis of existing links between trafficking in human beings and torture is conducted by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights.

In October 2010, the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 about women, peace and security took place. On this occasion, special teaching materials for schools were developed.

In order to improve compensation of trafficked persons a network called COMP.ACT EUROPE - European Action for Compensation for Trafficked Persons was established in 2009. 

The EU DAPHNE Programme on the protection from violence against children and women has already supported several hundreds of projects across Europe.

The project Assisting and reintegrating children victims of trafficking: promotion and evaluation of best practices in source and destination countries (ARECHIVIC) undertakes to promote the development of effective child trafficking responses in the EU based on good practices assessment of victim assistance and integration policies and programmes in source and destination countries.