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ASTRA- Antitrafficking Action decided to join the contest made by the Global Giving organization with the aim to raise funds in order to help victims of human trafficking. It is necessary to begin to collect $5,000 in donations for the Global Giving organization. This will be available for victims of human trafficking in Serbia and […]

ASTRA’s representative participated at a press conference organized by association ”Equal Rights“ on the occasion of International Sex Worker Rights Day, March 3 2016. The goal of the conference was to raise awareness about bad conditions for sex workers in Serbia and the fact that legal solutions do not contribute to the improvement of their

Press Release On the Proposal of the Law on Public Peace and Order   NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action is concerned regarding the Proposal of the Law on Public Peace and Order which is on the agenda of the First Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of Serbia. Namely, in Article 12, Paragraph 3

On the occasion of marking the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery ASTRA published a press release in order to emphasize the problems that we are dealing with in the context of the refugee’s crisis. For 30 years from now International Day for the Abolition of Slavery recalls the adoption of the UN Convention

The non-governmetal organization ASTRA and the Belgrade group of parents of missing babies organized a press conference „The issue of missing babies – the parents are waiting for the state’s response“ on 30 May. The reason for organizing this event was the International Missing Children’s Day, but also the deadline for investigating all the cases

Vacancy ASTRA Financial Officer    Posting date: 15.12.2015. Posting Title: Finance Officer Type of Contract:  Fixed-term contract Start date: 1 March 2016 Duration of the contract: 8 months with possibility of extension Location: Belgrade, Republic of Serbia Application Deadline: 31.01.2016 Languages Required: English     ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action, Belgrade-based local grass-root anti-trafficking organization

Coalition prEUgovor presented on November 30 its latest 6-month report on Serbia’s progress in Chapters 23 and 24. The Report is divided into three main parts: Political criteria, Chapter 23 and Chapter 24. The end of each subchapter of this report contains recommendations for possible future improvements. The Report is available here. Although Chapters 23

The European Commission published Progress Report for 2015. You can find below the part related to human trafficking. “Labour exploitation of men, mainly Serbian nationals abroad, is increasing. There is a need to better identify victims, particularly asylum seekers and unaccompanied foreign minors. Very few cases of trafficking in human beings have been successfully investigated,

ASTRA took part on the side event “Legal Protection of Trafficked Persons” on the OSCE conference “The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM)”, which was held in Warsaw from 21 September to 2 October. This conference is organized every year as a platform for 57 OSCE  participating States, Partners for Co-operation, OSCE structures, civil society, international organizations and other relevant actors. ASTRA’s representative

Dear all, We are inviting you to support the petition requiring amnesty for a woman, victim of human trafficking http://www.petitions24.com/petition_requiring_amnesty_for_a_victim_of_human_trafficking, sentenced to imprisonment of 18 years. Milica is currently serving this severe prison sentence – she has been in prison for 2.5 years now, deprived of the possibility to raise her 6-year old daughter and