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Around one hundred children go missing in Serbia every year, the greatest number of reports being filed in the capital city of Belgrade. Seeking to improve the system of protection of missing children in the country, Serbian Minister of Interior and president of ASTRA signed a Memorandum of Understanding. By doing so, MoI and ASTRA […]

Even though Safet Cucak was convicted of human trafficking and sentenced to ten and a half years imprisonment, his assets will not be confiscated due to an omission by the Court of Appeal. Namely, Decision on the confiscation of criminal assets cannot be mate later than three months after the judgment becomes final. In this

The Republic of Serbia ratified Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings on 14th of April 2009. Unlike other international instruments in the field of combating human trafficking, CoE Convention has a system of monitoring implementation and fulfillment of obligations taken by states that have signed it. The monitoring is conducted

When Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih departed from Hong Kong last Friday, she left a nightmare behind her. Eight months of alleged beatings by her employer had disfigured the 23-year-old so badly she was barely recognizable. A gaunt, pockmarked face with chipped teeth had replaced her once smooth, girlish features. Her feet, scalded with hot water, were

Campaign launch “One story, Two Outcomes”: urging European Governments to give trafficked people their rights. United against human trafficking in Europe, the LSI NGO Platform launches their campaign “One Story, Two Outcomes” on UN Human Rights Day. The platform, consisting of 19 NGOs across Europe, aims to show that a bad situation can have different

  On the occasion of International Day for Abolition of Slavery, marked throughout the world on December the 2nd, ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action organized a press conference. The main topic addressed at the event was the most widespread form of contemporary slavery in the world – human trafficking with the purpose of labor exploitation.

“prEUgovor” (Engl. prEUnup) Coalition presented independent report on progress made by the Republic of Serbia in implementing policies relevant for Chapters 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) and 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security) in Media Center, Belgrade, on October 1st, 2013. The main issue highlighted at the occasion was concerned with conditions that the Government of

Delegation of the Government of the Republic of Serbia presented the Second and Third periodic report on the implementation of the CEDAW Convention on the 55th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on 18th of July 2013 in Geneva. Government representatives talked about legislative and institutional

On June 19, 2103, the US State Department released the 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report. Once again Serbia has been classified as Tier 2 country. Below is the country report for Serbia.   SERBIA (Tier 2) Serbia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced

NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action organized the international conference Contemporary Psycho-Social Challenges in Combating Human Trafficking in Belgrade, March 18, 2013. The goal was to highlight contemporary issues in combating human trafficking that are rarely discussed among experts and stakeholders despite their importance in terms of EU integration process. At the occasion over a