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Today, November 24, the three-day training for education professionals on preventing and combating trafficking in children began. The training was organized to raise awareness and sensitize educational counselors about the complexity of the problem of child trafficking and the risk factors and vulnerability of children to human trafficking. Besides, the organizers intended to initiate a […]

Trafficking in human beings is a severe form of human rights violations and one of the most severe challenges any society may face. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the plight of victims of trafficking and fueled vulnerabilities to human trafficking due to lockdown measures, travel restrictions, and other emergency measures imposed to combat the global

As part of regular cooperation with the Faculty of Law, Belgrade, the director of ASTRA, Marija Andjelković, held another lecture on November 17, this time intended for the participants of the master studies at the Department of Civil Law. Students were introduced to the trends of trafficking in human beings and children in Serbia abroad,

Today, November 17, the Coalition prEUgovor presented the latest Alarm – an independent semi-annual report on Serbia’s progress in terms of political criteria and policy implementation in the areas covered by Chapters 23 (Justice and Fundamental Rights) and 24 (Justice, Freedom, and Security) of the Accessions negotiations with the European Union. The report’s findings indicate

For many years, the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation has been implementing a regional EU advocacy program for Western Balkans countries. This program aims to provide Balkans women’s organizations with greater visibility in the EU integration process, strengthen women’s participation in those processes, and improve women’s human rights in the region. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic,

Last week, October 29 and 30, a training was held for law students. The participants were introduced in more detail to the problem of human trafficking in general, then child trafficking, and the methodology of monitoring trials for the crime of trafficking and related acts in trials involving children. This training aims to strengthen future

In the year marking the twentieth anniversary of the Palermo Protocol and the twentieth anniversary of ASTRA, we publish this publication to contribute to additional education and sensitization of judges and public prosecutors involved in decision-making in cases related to trafficking. Numerous associates, who participated in the development of this handbook, have been dealing with

On the occasion of October 18, the European Day against Trafficking in Human Beings, ASTRA presented a new publication, ASSESSMENT OF THE NATIONAL REFERRAL MECHANISM FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, prepared by Liliana Sorrentino, a longtime independent expert in the field of human trafficking. Serbia is primarily a country of origin

This year, a conference on the occasion of October 18, the European Anti-Trafficking Day, organized by the Austrian Task Force on Combating Human Trafficking, and in cooperation with the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), was held is online on October 14 and 15. The conference

Open Gate / La Strada Macedonia and La Strada International from January 2018 – December 2020, implement the project “Recognize, Respect, Realize Rights” in the Republic of North Macedonia, in order to strengthen civic activism and build the capacity of civil society organizations in North Macedonia.