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Dubrovnik, March 22-23, 2019. – Director of ASTRA participated at the the Sixth Regional Rule of Law Forum for South East Europe organized by the Civil Rights Defenders and AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) organized. The topic of this year’s Forum is children’s rights, with the protection of children being an integral

Belgrade, March 20, 2019. – In cooperation with the Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office and with the support of the US Embassy, ​​ASTRA organized a Round Table on the topic of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labor exploitation. The round table is intended for the deputies of the senior public prosecutor of the

22/2/2019 – 28/02/2019 Geneva – During the 72nd session of the UN Committee for Elimination of Discrimination against Woman, the Forth Periodical Review of the Republic of Serbia on implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Woman was discussed (28/2/2019). On the same occasion, an informal meeting of the Committee members and

Issued by: ASTRA-Anti trafficking action Field of expertise: Communication, Marketing, Journalism, Networking, Fundraising Position: Head of communications and networking Vacancy type: National Functional level: Senior management Number of posts: 1 Duty station: Belgrade Date of issue: 10 December 2018 Deadline for application: 9 January 2019 – 23:59 Central European Time (CET/CEST)   Background: ASTRA –

On 21-22 November 2016, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Division organised a meeting of specialised lawyers and NGOs providing legal assistance to victims of trafficking in human beings, in Strasbourg. The meeting brought together 37 participants from 21 States Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. ASTRA’s representative was

On 30 – 31 October, a two-day-long meeting of local teams for combating human trafficking was held, as part of the project “From Danger to Safety: Improvement of Human Trafficking Victims’ Protection in Serbia”, implemented by colleagues from International Rescue Committee from Athens with the support of the USA Government. On the first meeting day,

ASTRA organized training for the work on licensed SOS line for victims of trafficking on 13-16 November 2018. The participants had an opportunity to gain knowledge from older colleagues of the feminist movement, to get acquainted with work in women’s organizations, with solidarity, women’s networking, as well as with the first steps, values and principles of

Within the project “Balkans ACT now!” a workshop for the development of an Action plan for regional networking was organized, as well as a meeting of partner organizations on the project from 29 October to 2 November in Sarajevo. For five days, representatives of organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands and Serbia exchanged

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Croatia is guilty, as the Prosecutor, during the criminal proceedings, had not investigated thoroughly a suspicion of a criminal act of trafficking in persons with the aim of sexual exploitation, and the Prosecutor was charged by 5,000 EUR fine for immaterial damage.  A Croatian citizen has