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Vienna, 30 January 2020. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) held another in a series of consultative meetings aimed at drafting a General Recommendation on Trafficking in Women and Girls in the Context of Global Migration. The meeting was attended by relevant actors in the field of combating trafficking in human

The Global Missing Children Network (GMCN), in collaboration with the Portuguese Judiciary Police and Institutio de Apoio a Crianca, a member of the GMCN of Portugal, organized the 11th Annual Network Conference in Lisbon from December 4-6, focusing on the issue of missing persons and children in the context of migration/migrant crisis. The conference essentially

The trial judgment pronouncement in the case of Božo Vučenović et al. has been scheduled for Wednesday, 4 December 2019, at 9 a.m., Courtroom 6 of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Criminal Division – Section II for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption Press Realise you can find in full on the following link.

Starting point Contrary to the international and European standards on long-term protection of trafficked persons, countries report a low number of permanent residence status and/or international protection offered to trafficked persons, remaining the access to their rights limited and queried at a national level.

Brussels 3-8 November 2019 — As part of the regional project of The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, representative of ASTRA was one of the participants who visited the relevant institutions in Brussels during the consultancy week on the accession process of the Western Balkan countries.

On November 7, at the Tami Hotel in Niš, the International Conference on Capacity Building of the Protector of Citizens – Increasing the Access of Institutions to All Citizens, was held. This event brought together ombudsmen of the countries of the region, as well as representatives of relevant state institutions, international organizations and local governments

Belgrade, October 30, 2019 – The Council of Europe today presented the second phase of the Horizontal Facility Project 2019-2022 for Western Balakan and Turkey, which is being implemented in cooperation with the European Union. This joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe enables program beneficiaries to carry out reforms in

This month, with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Serbia, ASTRA began implementing the project Knowledge sharing and strengthening joint proactive response to THB for the victim-centered approach, with the aim of enhancing protection of human trafficking victims when in contact with the relevant state institutions.

October 10-11, 2019. Vienna: Assessment workshop was organized by the UN Office on Drugs and Organized Crime on how to involve the civil, business sector and universities in the newly established mechanism to monitor the implementation of the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime. In the first panel, the director of ASTRA presented 20

On 7 – 9 October, within the project BAN III – The Balkans ACT (Against Crime of Trafficking) Now!, ASTRA organized a workshop for national experts of the five partner organizations with the aim of exchanging information about the ongoing process of developing five country-specific Monitoring tools. The Monitoring tools, once adopted, are envisaged as