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The Child Rights Centre, supported by OSCE Mission in Serbia, organized the third dialogue named “Child-Friendly Serbia – Infrastructure and Challenges in Implementation”. The dialogue brought together representatives of independent institutions for the Protection of human rights, the Judicial Academy, the Ministry of Family Care and Demography, the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, members […]

As an event that should somehow meaningfully wrap up a whole series of different ASTRA activities in 2022, on December 8, we organized a conference called HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING? Overview of the situation in the context of the 21st century. The findings of the latest research on human trafficking in Serbia

Today, November 29, 2022, a round table was held in Belgrade where the findings of the HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS – Analysis of Judicial Practice for 2021 for the criminal offense of human trafficking and related crimes, mediation in prostitution, trafficking in minors were for adoption, as well as the offense of prostitution.

The prEUgovor coalition presented its latest Alarm – report on Serbia’s progress in implementation of policies in the areas covered by Cluster 1 (Fundamentals), with a focus on political criteria and chapters 23 (Judiciary & Fundamental Rights) and 24 (Justice, Freedom & Security) of the EU accession negotiations. The event occurred on Thursday, 24 November.

Today and tomorrow (November 21 and 22, 2022), organized by the Council of Europe, a meeting of experts, specialized lawyers and representatives of specialized organizations for providing legal aid and support to victims of human trafficking is taking place in Strasbourg. In these two days, the professionals present will be introduced to the findings of

On November 15, Missing Children Europe celebrated its 20th anniversary with a High-level dinner at the Palace of Charles de Lorraine in Brussels. During the ceremony, the organization honored Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium, Honorary President of Missing Children Europe’s Patrons’ Council, for her outstanding devotion and support to the cause of missing children,

Aiming to contribute to strengthening the capacity of the Service for assistance and support to witnesses and victims, with a focus on child victims and witnesses of criminal acts, as well as the capacity of other professionals responsible for the protection of children’s rights (representatives of the judiciary, the police, centres for social work, education,

We marked the European Day against Human Trafficking, October 18, by presenting the findings of the report on human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation of workers from Vietnam engaged in the construction of the Linglong tire factory −  WOULD YOU REALLY BUY THIS? The mass case of trafficking in human beings for the

On Wednesday and Thursday, October 5 and 6, a Regional Expert Group Meeting was held in Chisinau (Moldova) dedicated to Countering Labour Exploitation in Trafficking in Persons, Focusing on Due Diligence in Supply Chains in South Eastern Europe. UNODC organised this hybrid event in cooperation with the State Office of the Republic of Moldova and the Ministry of

Yesterday, September 22, in Berlin, ASTRA submitted a report to Volkswagen’s whistleblower system for violating the human rights of workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin. In 2018, Volkswagen signed an agreement to purchase tires that should start being produced at the factory’s Zrenjanin plant. For months, we have been witnessing media and NGO reports