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Brussels, 25 May 2022 – 25th May marks International Missing Children’s Day. On this occasion, Missing Children Europe draws attention to the impact of the Russian war in Ukraine, which has put thousands of children at risk of violence, trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation, and going missing. Today, Missing Children Europe launches a report on children

Reinventing Slavery in the 21st Century – Successfully Ignored by Serbian Authorities The prEUgovor coalition presented its latest Alarm – report on Serbia’s progress in the implementation of policies in the areas covered by Cluster 1 (Fundamentals), with the focus on political criteria and chapters 23 (Judiciary & Fundamental Rights) and 24 (Justice, Freedom &

Nine years in a row, Marija Andjelković, the director of ASTRA, gave a lecture at the Legal Clinic for the Combating Human Trafficking at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. Students were introduced to the trends of human trafficking in Serbia, the preventive activities that are being carried out, and the position and rights

Report from the EXPERT MEETING “National Referral Mechanism for Domestic and Foreign Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in Serbia – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT” At the expert meeting “National Mechanism for Referral of Domestic and Foreign Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in Serbia – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT,” on Tuesday, May

Yesterday, May 4, the first / kick-off meeting was held on the occasion of the beginning of the new module of the HELP course on combating, which is part of the joint program of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”. Prevention and fight against

The Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade, together with the Institute for Humanitarian Law in San Remo and the UNHCR Office in Belgrade, is organizing a specialist course on International Refugee Law in the summer semester of 2022. On Thursday, May 5, participants, students of master’s and doctoral studies, will have the opportunity

The Course Representation Politics: Gender and Violence, which was created due to cooperation between the Faculty of Media and Communications and BeFem – feminist cultural center, has been held for the second year. The aim of the course is for students to gain knowledge through interactive work and familiarization with key concepts related to violence,

More than 13,000 citizens of Ukraine have passed through Serbia since the beginning of the war on Ukraine’s territory, while more than 6,000 are still in Serbia. The influx of refugees has mobilized not only humanitarians but also many traffickers and smugglers, who are trying to make money by exploiting this particularly vulnerable group. Women

Astra’s representatives participated in the training “Work on the SOS hotline and direct assistance to victims of human trafficking” in Sarajevo from April 5 to 7. The training was organized within the project “Voice of CSOs in the FightingTrafficking in Human Beings,” conducted by our longtime associates MFS-EMMAUS, with the support of the EU. The

Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe in Bologna, Italy, organizes a lecture on the role of civil society organizations in providing access to justice and assistance to victims of labor exploitation. The CEO of ASTRA, Marija Andjelković, will speak to the students of SAIS Europe about this topic, based on decades of work in this field.