50 Million people in ‘modern slavery’ according new global estimates
13 Sep 2022
The new Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage from the ILO, Walk...
Author: Koen Hogewoning
European anti-trafficking program leads to systems change
26 Aug 2022
From April 2019 – June 2022, La Strada International joined the three-year programme “Strengthening Support and...
A binding EU provision to criminalise knowing use of exploitative services?
15 Aug 2022
Article 18(4) of the current EU Anti-Trafficking Directive recommends the criminalisation of the knowing use of...
LSI joins OSCE ‘Be Safe’ awareness campaign for refugees from Ukraine
1 Aug 2022
In July, LSI joined the digital awareness ‘Be Safe’ campaign, launched by the OSCE’s Office of...
Evaluation of EU Victim Rights Directive published
27 Jul 2022
End of June, the EC published the adopted evaluation of the Victims’ Rights Directive. The evaluation shows that the...
Diplomatic immunity overturned in exploited domestic worker case
22 Jul 2022
In July, the UK Supreme Court overturned diplomatic immunity for modern slavery and servitude cases. For...
Two La Strada presidents receive 2022 TIP HERO award
19 Jul 2022
On 19 July the US government launched the US TIP report, which assesses the efforts by...
LSI contracted to conduct research for HEUNI on Poland and Ukraine
15 Jul 2022
HEUNI, the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control has contracted La Strada International to collect data...
EC must guarantee a meaningful role for civil society in ‘RebuildUkraine’
5 Jul 2022
In May, the President of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, announced ‘RebuildUkraine’, the platform for...
New Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings
3 Jul 2022
The new Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children, Prof....