European Platform Against Trafficking in Human Beings

Networking

Human trafficking is a complex and ever-changing phenomenon, which requires the joint efforts of different stakeholders on all levels — from grassroots organisations to national governments, international organisations and EU and UN bodies. Therefore in its work La Strada International maintains close relationships with relevant government and inter-governmental institutions and non-government organisations.

LSI works together with anti-trafficking NGOs from all over Europe, as well as with civil society working in other relevant areas, such as migration, labour, prostitution and human rights. This cooperation allows LSI to provide better services to trafficked persons, to exchange information and experience with like-minded organisations and take up joint lobby actions and campaigns. The participation in intergovernmental bodies helps putting the victims’ voice and needs on the international political agenda.

LSI is a member of the NGO networks Global Alliance against Traffic in Women (GAATW), the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), the Human Rights and Democracy Network and the European NGO Platform against Trafficking, Exploitation and Slavery (ENPATES). In addition, LSI is a member of the OSCE Alliance Expert Coordination Team, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency Platform, has a participatory status with the Council of Europe, and an observatory status with the UN Economic and Social Council.

La Strada International NGO Platform

La Strada International comprises 25 organisations and one associate member in Europe (see Who we are to learn more about the history of La Strada). The exact services which are offered by the members vary, but most members work on the following services: monitoring and provision of information, lobby and advocacy, prevention programmes, direct assistante and support including (referral to) legal support, shelter, medical and psychological care.

For more up to date information and news from La Strada members, please consult the website of national La Strada offices.

Latest news

PICUM: rights-centred approach to tackle human trafficking

PICUM – Platform for international cooperation on undocumented migration – has a new report mapping out a better way to tackle and prevent human trafficking with a particular focus on undocumented migrants.

EU proposes new law on minimum wages

The proposal for the Directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union was published last week by the European Commission with the aim to ensure ‘that workers within the European Union earn adequate wages to guarantee adequate working and living conditions, as well as to build fair and resilient economies and societies in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals’.

Statement on EU Anti-Trafficking Day

La Strada International:
New EU Migration Pact increases risks of human trafficking

LSI joins calls for the UN to address human rights violations in Belarus

La Strada International has joined civil society from across Europe such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to call on the UN Human Rights Council to convene a Special Session to address the human rights violations committed in the lead up to the 2020 Presidential elections in Belarus.