Events

In order to provide systematic and comprehensive support to the persons who survived human trafficking, ASTRA organized a training for psychotherapists who did not have the opportunity to learn about specific characteristics of work with the victims of human trafficking. The training was held in Belgrade on October 21-22, 2017 and gathered 15 psychotherapists from

ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action organized regional roundtable “Good practices and challenges in starting and developing judicial victim support services” in Belgrade on November 28, 2017. The roundtable sought to be a forum for the exchange of experiences and practices in the developing and functioning of victim/witness support services in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina

  ASTRA organized panel discussion “Surviving Violence – consequences on the psychological and physical health of the victims of domestic violence and human trafficking” with the support of the Ministry of Health of Serbia on November 15, 2016. Participants at the panel discussion were both students and experts in the fields of psychology, medicine, social

  With the support of the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Serbia and in cooperation with the Republican Prosecutor’s Office, ASTRA is implementing the project “Enhancing Capacities of Newly Established Judicial Witness/Victim Support Services”. This project is aimed at training and supporting witness/victim support service in courts and prosecutor’s offices in Serbia and Montenegro so that

Regional Conference “Protection of Victims of Trafficking – Rights-based Approach in Practice” Regional Conference “Protection of Victims of Trafficking – Rights-based Approach in Practice”, organized by ASTRA in partnership with International Forum of Solidarity EMMAUS – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Women’s Rights Center – Montenegro, Open Gate – La Strada, Macedonia and La Strada International – the

Every year ASTRA marks European Anti-trafficking Day, on October 18. This year several activities have been conducted in order to highlight the problem of human trafficking, putting this phenomenon in focus of media reporting, responding to refugee crisis and summarizing the current situation and institutional coverage of anti-trafficking field. On Friday, October 16 ASTRA organized a working breakfast

Summary and conclusions by Marjan Wijers Regional conference “Access to Compensation for Trafficked Persons in the Region” organized by ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action in partnership with IFS EMMAUS – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Partnership for Social Development – Croatia, Open Gate – La Strada, Macedonia, Netherlands Helsinki Committee – the Netherlands and Committe Contre L’Esclavage Moderne and Accompagnement, Lieux  d’Accueil, Carrefour educatif et social – France, was held in the

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is celebrated worldwide in memory of the adoption of the UN Convention for Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of Prostitution of Others  in 1949.  To mark this day, ASTRA organized the presentation of the BAN Human Trafficking mobile phone application in Media Centre

As part of the effort to improve access to compensation for victims of trafficking and other violent crimes, ASTRA organized three round tables – in Novi Sad (December 2014), Niš (December 10, 2014) and Belgrade (December 12, 2014).   For more than ten years, ASTRA has been working on the improvement of the position of

 Conclusions and recommendations – panel “Migratory movements and human trafficking in the context of EU integration from NGO perspective” Conclusions and recommendations – panel “Human Trafficking, Trauma and Psychotherapy” On March 15, 2013, ASTRA organized the international conference “Contemporary Psycho-Social Challenges in Combating Human Trafficking” in Belgrade. The goal was to highlight contemporary challenges in combating human trafficking that are