/ASTRA, October, 19/ On 18 October, the EU International Day against Trafficking, ten European civil society organizations received their Child10 Award at the Royal Castle in Stockholm, Sweden. Amongst these organizations...
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GIRLS’ RIGHTS HAVE NO PRICE: Trafficking of girls for sexual exploitation in Europe
/Belgrade, October 18/ Trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children, in particular girls, continues to be onthe rise despite growing efforts to fight it. During the pandemic we have seen that social mediaand other...
Trafficking in Rersons Report-TIP Report, for 2021
On July 1, the US State Department released the “Trafficking in Persons Report 2021”. Serbia is in TIER 2 this year, as well as before. The Report aims to raise global awareness of the problem of trafficking in human...
The Constitutional Court of Serbia determined a violation of the right to prohibition of human trafficking
/Belgrade, ASTRA, April 6, 2021/ 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...
ASTRA rewarded for their work against trafficking
/Belgrade, ASTRA, February 24, 2021/ Child trafficking and sexual exploitation of children is on the rise in Europe. The outbreak of Covid-19 this past year, has only exacerbated the situation for these children and made many...
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED!
PRESS RELEASE /Vranje, February 22, 2021/ In Vranje, on Saturday, February 20, 2021, a 27-year-old girl was brutally killed by a man in the city center and in front of eyewitnesses. At the same time as the murder, SOS Helpline...
Europe’s rights court orders UK to compensate human trafficking victims
/LONDON – REUTERS, February 16, 2021/ (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Britain should pay 90,000 euros (78,590 pounds) in compensation to two Vietnamese men who were convicted of drug crimes despite signs they had been...
DECEMBER 2 – INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
/ Today, Human Rights Committee Vranje marks December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, in memory of the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution...
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEFENDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS CELEBRATED WITH THE ONLINE CONFERENCE “TEA PARTY – LET’S DESTROY THE MYTH THAT WE ARE NOT IMPORTANT”
/November 29, 2020./ The SOS Girls’ Corner Program and the Vranje Human Rights Committee organized a mini zoom conference on November 29, 2020, entitled “Tea Party – Let’s Break the Myth That We...
Successfully implemented campaign “Ambulance to the Special Hospital for Lung Diseases in Surdulica due to COVID – 19”
/ Vranje, October 12, 2020 / The Human Rights Committee of Vranje successfully implemented a campaign to collect aid for the Special Hospital for Lung Diseases Surdulica. The crowdfunding campaign was realized on the Donacije.rs...
SOS TELEPHONE DATA VRANJE ARE PART OF GENDER ANALYSIS OF RESPONSE TO COVID 19 IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA PUBLISHED BY THE OSCE
/August 11.2020./ The data of the licensed SOS Helpline of Human Rights Committee Vranje during the state of emergency are part of the Gender Analysis of Responses to COVID 19 in the Republic of Serbia, published by the OSCE...
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE VRANJE STARTS LARGE HUMANITARIAN ACTION DISTRIBUTION OF AID PACKAGES
/Vranje, July 25, 2020/ With the support of the British Embassy Belgrade and partnership with A11 – Initiative for Economic and Social Rights, today the Human Rights Committee Vranje started a large humanitarian action to...
The special hospital for lung diseases, which is in the Covid system in the south of Serbia, needs help from patients infected with the corona virus from the south of Serbia.By the decision of the Ministry of Health from June 29...
The Office for Cooperation with Civil Society supported the proposal to amend the Regulation
/ Belgrade, May 5, 2020 / The Office for Cooperation with Civil Society of the Republic of Serbia supported the proposal to amend the Decree on the Prohibition of Movement and Accommodation of Victims of Violence in Safe Houses...