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On 18 October, the EU International Day against Trafficking, ten European civil society organizations received their Child10 Award at the Royal Castle in Stockholm, Sweden. Amongst these organizations is ASTRA, who, together with the other nine organisations were awarded for their work against human trafficking and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation of girls. The

Trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children, in particular girls, continues to be onthe rise despite growing efforts to fight it. During the pandemic we have seen that social mediaand other online platforms are increasingly being used to exploit girls online. The exploitation iseither taking place on the platforms themselves, or they are being used

Yesterday, October 7, the European Court of Human Rights issued a long-awaited verdict in the case of Zoletic and Others v. Azerbaijan – 20116/12, in favour of 33 citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were recruited in 2009 and taken to Azerbaijan where they were forced to work.  The court ruled that The respondent State

Integrating a Child Rights-Based Approach in CSO Programming − A best practice report by the 2021 Child10 Awarded Members. A child rights-based approach (CRBA) is grounded in general human rights principles and standards as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and is integral to designing programs and policies that

STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS, JULY 30 A resolution of the United Nations General Assembly established July 30 as the International Day against Trafficking in Human Beings to draw global public attention to this problem. One of the measures of the successful fight against THB is the

Today, July 14, 2021, ASTRA presented to the general expert public their new editions: Analysis of Protection and Support Services for Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in Serbia and Brochure: Services for Persons at Risk and Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings. The event took place in the morning at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

After the successfully realized first workshop on strengthening the financial sustainability of local civil society organizations, on July 1 and 2 in Niš, ASTRA organized a second workshop dedicated to strengthening the capacity of local CSOs. The second workshop theme was improving the organizational structure of the organizations participating in this training. The workshop discussed

On July 1, 2021, the Criminal Investigation and Police Studies and the NGO ASTRA – Anti-trafficking Action signed an Agreement on Scientific-Educational and Professional Cooperation. The agreement was created on the basis of long-term common interests and with the aim of improving and enhancing the scientific, research and professional activities of both institutions. This cooperation

On June 29th, ASTRA – Anti-trafficking action, organized the second meeting of Regional working group for monitoring within the third phase of the regional project The Balkans ACT (Against Crime of Trafficking) Now!  The goal of the meeting was a continuation of planning the process of future monitoring of anti-trafficking work, based on lessons learned

On June 17, 2021, at the regular annual General assembly of the Missing Children Europe (MCE), Marija Andjelković, director of ASTRA, was elected for a board member of MCE. ASTRA has been a member of the Missing Children Europe and running the European number for missing children 116000 in the Republic of Serbia since 2012.