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On the occasion of December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action has a great pleasure to present you the “Monitoring and Evaluation of Anti Trafficking Policies: Handbook for Victims’ Advocates”.   Together with partner organisations, ASTRA was developing this Handbook in the period 2014-2016 within the scope […]

The Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) and the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings are organizing a meeting for lawyers and NGOs about the provision of legal assistance for human trafficking victims on 22 and 23 November 2016 in Strasbourg. The aim of the meeting is to bring together experienced lawyers

Civil society organizations demand the passing of the Free Legal Aid Act and the respect for minimum standards found in contemporary legal regulation in this field. The Republic of Serbia is the only country in Europe which has not adopted a law on free legal aid. Even though such a law has been directly designated

European Anti-trafficking Day Belgrade, 18 October  2016   Year after year we welcome the European Anti-trafficking Day on 18th of October, with the devastating numbers of victims and potential victims of human trafficking, unfavorable results in the field of combating human trafficking, inadequate solution to the refugees crisis and identification of victims among this population.

The General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted resolution which declares 30th of July as a World’s Day Against Trafficking in Persons with the aim to raise the global awareness about this issue. A month ago, the US State Department has released this year’s TIP report which states that the Government of Republic of

Implement the Reforms from Chapters 23 and 24 The Coalition prEUgovor urges Serbian authorities to continue implementing reforms in the field of the rule of law, regardless of whether and when Chapters 23 and 24 of the EU accession negotiations will be opened. At the same time we appeal to the European Council and the

SERBIA: Tier 2 Watch List Serbia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor, including domestic servitude and forced begging. Serbian women are subjected to sex trafficking by Serbian criminal groups in neighboring countries and throughout Europe, particularly Austria and Germany. Serbian nationals, primarily

Coalition prEUgovor was presented at a press conference on May 20, another independent report on Serbia’s progress in the implementation of policies in the areas of judiciary and fundamental rights (Chapter 23) and freedom, security and justice (Chapter 24), and offered a number of recommendations for improvement in these chapters. The emphasis of the conference

ASTRA’s representative participated at 16th meeting of the OSCE Alliance against Trafficking in Persons addressing the topic “Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Forced Criminality”, held on April 11-12, in Vienna. The aim of the conference was to draw attention to the diffusion of human trafficking for forced criminality cases which can implicate

Dear friends, We did it! ASTRA has joined with the GlobalGiving organization to raise funds for victims of human trafficking. In the previous 10 days we had a goal to raise $5000, and as you can see, we accomplished our goal! Our project will receive long-term support through GlobalGiving. Thank you all for your support