Bulgaria
and the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

Signed : 22 November 2006
Ratified: 17 April 2007
Entry into force: 1 February 2008

Text of the Convention in Bulgarian
Non-official translation

1st Evaluation Round

· GRETA's Evaluation Report and Government’s Comments, published on 14/12/2011

· Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, adopted on 13/11/2012

Additional information concerning the evaluation

· News article: GRETA publishes report on Bulgaria
· News article: GRETA visits Bulgaria, 21-24 February 2011
· Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, published on 7/03/2011

Council of Europe Campaign to combat trafficking in human beings (2006-2008)

Bulgaria was represented in the following activities organised in the context of the Campaign:

Regional Seminar on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Prevention, Protection and Prosecution
Nicosia, Cyprus : 15 and 16 February 2007 Proceedings
Participating Countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine

Regional Seminar on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Prevention, Protection and Prosecution
Bucharest, Romania : 4 and 5 April 2006 Proceedings
Participating Countries: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Turkey.

Regional Seminar on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Measures to protect and promote the rights of victims
Berlin, Germany: 19 and 20 April 2007 Proceedings
Participating Countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Regional Seminar on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Measures to prevent, protect and prosecute
Yerevan, Armenia: 5 and 6 September 2007 Proceedings
Participating Countries: Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Romania and Russian Federation

Regional Seminar on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Criminal and Procedural Measures
Paris, France : 27-28 September 2007 Proceedings
Participating Countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine