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 of monitoring trials for human trafficking and related criminal offences in criminal proceedings involving children.
The training aimed to strengthen future professionals’ capacity to support children participating in court proceedings, monitor proceedings, and improve the level of children’s rights fulfillment within these proceedings.
This training was organized within the project “Children’s Rights in Serbia – Improving the Position of Children in the Judicial System of the Republic of Serbia (CRIS)”, which is jointly conducted by ASTRA, International Rescue Committee (IRC) and The Child Rights Centre (CPD). The project is supported through EU’s program “The Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC). This project’s primary goal is to improve outcomes for children in contact with the law (CiCL) in the Republic of Serbia through systemic application of the rights of the child and evidence-based supports in legal proceedings.