Today, May 18, within the 30th session of the Commission for the Prevention of Crime and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), ASTRA, United Kingdom Mission to the UN and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) organized a side-event PREVENTING VULNERABILITY AND STRENGTHENING POLICY RESPONSES FOR COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN, as a part of accompanying program.
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Lecture on human trafficking at the Law Clinic of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade
Eight 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
30th session of the CCPCJ − Preventing vulnerability and strengthening policy responses for commercial sexual exploitation of children
The 30th session of the Commission for the Prevention of Crime and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) will be held online from May 17 to 21. ASTRA is organizing one of the accompanying events of the session, which will be held on Tuesday, May 18, from 9:00 to 9:50, with focus on Preventing vulnerability and strengthening policy
Established a Working group to revise indicators for the preliminary identification of victims of THB for the education system
On April 22, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development decided to form a Working group for the revision of indicators for the preliminary identification of victims of human trafficking for the education system. The task of the working group is to draft a new list of these indicators. A Working group includes representatives
BAN 3 Project Regional Working Group Meeting: ADVOCACY SUCCEEDED – SERBIA GETS A NATIONAL RAPPORTEUR
On April 28th, ASTRA – Anti trafficking action, organized the first meeting of Regional working group for monitoring within the third phase of regional project The Balkans ACT (Against Crime of Trafficking) Now! . The goal of the meeting was to share experiences of monitoring anti-trafficking responses on national levels, based on the Monitoring tool
Round Table for the Key Judicial and Child Protection Professionals on “Particularly Vulnerable Children in Contact with the Law – Provision of Psychological and Legal Assistance”
On April 27, 2021, ASTRA conducted the second of the two thematic mutual learning events with key judicial and child protection stakeholders on “Particularly Vulnerable Children in Contact with the Law – Provision of Psychological and Legal Assistance”. Initially, the round table was supposed to gather 20 participants but, the trend of great interest in
Joint Statement of Women-Human Rights Activist from the Balkan Region Toward Gender Based Violence on the Internet
We, the women from the Balkans stand together in solidarity with all women victims of gender-based violence and ask our competent institutions to thoroughly and promptly investigate the case with the groups on the Telegram platform (such as: Balkan Room, Public Room, Gevgelija Hub, Serbian Room, Smokva, etc.), in order to sanction the perpetrators and
The Constitutional Court of Serbia determined a violation of the right to prohibition of human trafficking
On March 4, 2021, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia accepted the constitutional complaint of ASTRA’s client, a victim of human trafficking who was a minor at the time of the crime, and ruled that her right to prohibition of human trafficking, granted by Article 26, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the
A “GUIDE OF PROMISING PRACTICES / Long term protection for trafficked persons “- presented
As part of the project “REST – REsidency STatus: Strengthening the Protection of Trafficked Persons”, ASTRA organized a discussion forum on promising practices in the long-term protection of victims of trafficking. The event’s main topic was a GUIDE OF PROMISING PRACTICES / Long term protection for trafficked persons. The Guide is based on the experience
Training for Law Students on Monitoring Position of Child Victims in Criminal Proceedings
On March 25 and 26, ASTRA the second, online training for 26 law students on Monitoring Position and Fulfillment of Rights of Child Victims in Criminal Proceedings took place. The participants were introduced in more detail to the problem of human trafficking in general, then child trafficking in particular, as well as with the methodology