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  ASTRA will, in celebration of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July, organize painting of the graffiti with preventive messages against trafficking in persons in three towns – Čačak, Gornji Milanovac and Kraljevo.  The graffiti will be painted by artists from Čačak, in cooperation with representatives of the DUK Festival and

ASTRA has been joined The European Implementation Network (EIN) which is dedicated to the full, consistent, and effective implementation of European Court judgments. EIN’s mission is to build and strengthen the ability of lawyers, NGOs, and communities to access every part of the Council of Europe that can contribute to better implementation of these judgments; to advocate for full implementation

ASTRA’s Executive Director, Marija Andjelkovic, signed on July 5th, the Memorandum on Cooperation, with the President of the Council for Monitoring the Implementation of the UN Recommendations, Suzana Paunovic, with the aim of formalizing cooperation in the field of human rights’ protection and advancement. Currently, 12 organizations of civil society participate in the work of

ASTRA has been selected a member of the Steering Committee of the project “Support to victims and witnesses of criminal offences in Serbia”, implemented by the Ministry of Justice in cooperation with the OSCE Mission in Serbia and with the support of the European Union. The aim of the project is the establishment of a

Center for Missing and Exploited children from Osijek, in cooperation with Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences from Zagreb, organized the international conference „Whose children are missing children?“, with emphasis to the missing children problem in Croatia and regional countries. At the conference participants were representatives of state and independent institutions from Croatia, academic society,

The US State Department published  TIP (Trafficking in Persons) Report on June 29th . The TIP Report aims at global awareness raising of human trafficking by drawing attention to different aspects of this phenomenon and pointing to individual and joint efforts of the international community. This year Serbia is in the Group 2. Furthermore, ASTRA’s

It is our great pleasure and honor that ASTRA’s longstanding work has been internationally honored, and that we have been announced as a Hero in this year’s Trafficking in Persons report of the US Department of State. This is the first time that the award comes to Serbia and to the organization which has been

It’s finally summer! We’ve all been looking forward to holidays and spending time with family and loved ones. But watch out! Amidst the temptations of sun, sea and sand, holidays with children, especially abroad or by the seaside, can quickly become a stressful situation. Did you know that 1,703 children were lost at the Belgian

ASTRA marked International Missing Children Day, on May 25, in the park Tasmajdan in Belgrade. On this occasion ASTRA organized a play “All for children“ with the aim to amuse girls and boys, but also to inform their parents and other adults about the European number for missing children in Serbia, prevention of the children’s

ASTRA organized second partner’s meeting within the project “Discourse Analysis with Unconditional Positive Regard – DAUPR” which was held in the period April 24-26, in Belgrade. Representatives of the partner’s organizations had an opportunity to summarize results from the first six months of the project implementation. Furthermore, participants discussed and made the detailed plan for