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SafeBorders. Strengthening protection against child trafficking
2025 - ongoingSafeBorders is an EU funded project aimed at combating child trafficking by enhancingthe capacities of judicial authorities and frontline workers through strong cross-bordercooperation. The project...
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SCOPE-THB. Scoping emerging forms of trafficking in human beings in the Nordic countries
2025 - ongoingHEUNI, with funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers, is launching the SCOPE-THB project in 2025. This research initiative focuses on identifying and analyzing emerging forms of human...
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E-ViVi. Enhancing Videorecorded Interviews and Virtual Hearings in Europe
2024 - ongoingThe E-ViVi project aims to improve the ways in which people are heard digitally in criminal proceedings through creating best practice recommendations and strengthening the capacity of criminal...
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INTEGRATE. Integrative Approaches to Labor Exploitation and Work-related crime: Knowledge translation, transfer and exchange in the Nordic Context
2024 - ongoingIn this collaborative project, researchers from Finland, Norway, and Sweden will study practical recommendations and innovative solutions targeting work-related crime and improving workplace...
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Safety for all? Remedy for exploited migrant workers in the Nordic region
2023 - 2024While the prevention of labour exploitation and protection of migrant workers remain crucial, efforts should be increased to ensure access to remedy to workers for occurred harm and exploitation....
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EASY. Increasing dialogue, awareness, and victim-centred support for victims of forced marriages
2023 - 2025The CERV-funded EASY project (“It is never easy to talk about this” – Increasing dialogue, awareness, and victim-centred support for victims of forced marriages) aims to increase community...
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PROMISE ELPIS. Adapting multidisciplinary response and interagency collaboration to meet the specific needs and requirements arising in the context of child sexual violence online
2023 - ongoingThe PROMISE-Barnahus network is dedicated to promoting child-friendly justice and expanding access to safe recovery paths for children who have experienced online sexual violence. Leveraging...
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Study on reflection periods granted for THB victims and trading in sexual services as grounds for denial of stay
2022 - 2023The Ministry of the Interior of Finland has commissioned a study, which HEUNI will carry out, on the reflection periods granted to victims of human trafficking during which the victims can decide...
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PROMISE-TRM. Multidisciplinary interagency services for child victims of trafficking
2022 - 2024The PROMISE-TRM project addresses the specific needs of child victims of trafficking and exploitation, including where facilitated by online technology, by significantly strengthening the...
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Regional mappings on sector-specific risks to migrant workers in European supply chain contexts
2021 - 2022HEUNI is working on a new project in cooperation with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Regional Office for EEA, EU and NATO as a part of their undertaking on Sustaining and...
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ELECT THB. Enhanced Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training on Trafficking in Human Beings
2021 - 2023The ELECT THB project aims to enhance the identification and investigation of trafficking in human beings (THB) for sexual and labour exploitation and increase collaboration between law enforcement...
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SARAH: Safe, Aware, Resilient, Able and Heard. Protecting and supporting migrant women victims of gender-based violence
2021 - 2022The SARAH project will raise awareness on gender-based violence and on victims’ rights among migrant populations, and awareness of the challenges migrant populations face in accessing victim...
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New tools for public procurement agencies in Finland to prevent labour exploitation in local procurement and subcontracting chains (Hankinta-Suomi - Julkisten hankintojen Strategia)
2021Finland has launched a first of a kind National Public Procurement Strategy in September 2020, prepared by the Ministry of Finance and the Association of Local and Regional Authorities and...
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RE-JUST. Towards a more responsive victim-centered approach of the criminal justice system
2020 - 2021The project seeks to identify strategies and action plans to improve victims' access to justice.
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KORSI. Corruption monitoring indicators in Finland
2019 - 2020The project aims to identify and develop quantitative and qualitative indicators of corruption suited to Finland as a basis for regular monitoring.
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FLOW. Flows of illicit funds and victims of human trafficking: uncovering the complexities
2018 - 2020EU ISF-P funded FLOW project (Flows of illicit funds and victims of human trafficking: uncovering the complexities 2018 - 2020) focused on analysing the business model of labour exploitation and...
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Trafficking of children and young people in Finland
2018 - 2019HEUNI together with the National Assistance System for Victims of Human Trafficking set out to find out if trafficking of children and young people exist in Finland and if yes, how does the...
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CCM-GBV. Co-creating a counselling method for refugee women GBV victims
2017 - 2019The overall objective of the project is to inform and support refugee women who have been victims of gender based violence and to improve their access to services.
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FAIR. Fighting against inmates’ radicalisation
2017 - 2019FAIR addresses the problem of radicalisation with a special focus on the prison system.
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VN TEAS. Effectiveness of the Finnish Legislation on Identifying and Supporting Victims of Trafficking in Persons
2017 - 2018HEUNI and the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman (acting as National Rapporteur for Trafficking of Human Beings) are investigating the effectiveness of the legislation that applies to assistance for...
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Interlinkages between trafficking in persons and marriage
2017 - 2019The purpose of the assignment was to assist UNODC in the development of a technical paper that will contain two parts: a research component and a policy component. HEUNI implemented the research...
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Needs Assessment Guide on Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
2016At the request of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, HEUNI prepared a Needs Assessment Guide on implementation of the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Transnational...
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HESTIA. Preventing Human Trafficking and Sham Marriages: A Multidisciplinary Solution
2015 - 2016HEUNI participated in 2015-2016 in a project entitled “Preventing human trafficking and sham marriages – A multidisciplinary solution".
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Crime and Gender. A study on how men and women are represented in international crime statistics
2015 - 2016HEUNI and the UNODC conducted a joint research project utilizing data from the UN Crime Trend Surveys. The project examined global crime trends, with gender as the focus of analysis.
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FIDUCIA. New european crimes and trust-based crime policy
2012 - 2015A research project that shed light on a number of distinctively "new European" criminal behaviours that have emerged in the last decade as a consequence of technology developments and the increased...
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Strengthening capacity of law enforcement and justice sectors to prevent and respond to domestic violence in Viet Nam
2011The study gives a picture of the quality and availability of criminal justice services provided for victims of domestic violence in Viet Nam.
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Corruption on the Finnish-Russian border
2008 - 2009The Finnish Ministry of Justice and HEUNI initiated a project on cross-border corruption between Finland and the Russian Federation (Republic of Karelia) in 2008.
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EUROJUSTIS. Scientific indicators of confidence in justice: tools for policy assessment
2008 - 2011EUROJUSTIS was a project designed to provide EU institutions and Member States with new evidence-based indicators for the assessment of public confidence in criminal justice and fear of crime.
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Twinning project. Measures to prevent corruption in local government authorities in Estonia
2008The project was coordinated by the Finnish Institute of Public Managament (HAUS) in 2008.
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A training course on the prevention of domestic violence in Estonia
2003A training course on the prevention and control of domestic violence was organised in 2003 Estonia, in co-operation with local interests.
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International Violence Against Women Survey IVAWS
1997 - 2008The International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS) is an international, comparative survey specifically designed to target men's violence against women, especially domestic violence and sexual...
