ULOGA NEVLADINIH ORGANIZACIJA U POSTUPANJU I ASISTENCIJI ŽRTVAMA TRGOVINE LJUDIMA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
THE POSITION NGO IN THE TREATMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE THB VICTIMS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: Bosnia and Herzegovina faced the trafficking in human beings phenomenon in 1990’s as country of the destination, while nowadays Bosnia and Herzegovina is the country of origin, transit and destination too. Majority of the THB B&H nationals victims are children. The efficient response to the THB, alongside the prosecution, must encompass an overall and appropriate THB victims’ protection, where representatives of non-governmental organizations play a significant role. An adequate protection, starting with identification and sheltering in a safe house, provides for the victims to recuperate from effected physical and mental health issues and enables reintegration in to community and social processes, largely depends on the engagement of non-governmental organizations in this process. This is one of the most complex and demanding steps and tasks in combatting the trafficking in human beings. The paper will log the current state, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of reference mechanisms to assist victims of trafficking in human beings, particularly in the segment of assistance to victims of trafficking that are provided by non-governmental organizations, and in a certain way to point out the need of his promotion. At the same time the paper will try to identify the problems in treatment and assist victims of trafficking in human beings in Bosnia and Herzegovina that are daily confronted by primarily representatives of the competent institutions and non-governmental organizations.

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