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Farah Tahirbegović’ Award for the Youth Initiative ‘Because it Concerns Me’

Source: federalna.ba The annual award of the "Foundation Farah Tahirbegović" was conferred today in Zenica upon the informal youth initiative "Because it Concerns Me" for their multi-annual contribution to the preservation of the "culture of remembrance" as a basis for the fight against oblivion, denial of war crimes, discrimination and segregation and the fight for restoring the dignity of all […]

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Why Macedonia is Not Interested in Reconciliation Process in the Region?

Source: Recom.link By Ljubica Spaskovska In 2002, Human Rights Watch petitioned Macedonian President Trajkovski,  expressing concerns that a pending amnesty law for crimes related to the 2001 armed conflict could shield war criminals from prosecution. Their fears materialised. Nine years later, in July 2011, the Macedonian Parliament voted to apply the 2002 Amnesty Law to all cases returned to Macedonia for prosecution […]

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History textbooks in post-conflict societies: Education for reconciliation? [Publication]

Source: Recom.link Forum for Transitional Justice #5 is exploring the issues of the role of education in the process of dealing with the past and reconciliation, particularly the history textbooks’ content in post-conflict societies and processes of democratization. This is a publication of the Humanitarian Law Center. Content Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………. 93 Authors……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 95 An Analysis of the contents of history textbooks in […]

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Tribunal convicts Radovan Karadžić for crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Source: ICTY.org Tribunal | Press release | The Hague |  Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today convicted Radovan Karadžić, former President of Republika Srpska (RS) and Supreme Commander of its armed forces, of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war committed by Serb forces during the armed conflict in Bosnia and […]

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Arrested Truth: Transitional Justice and the Politics of Remembrance in Kosovo

Source: Recom.link While civil society in Kosovo works to create new narratives, they will not be able to emancipate the society from existing ethno-nationalist entrapments, overcome the culture of silence, or create the conditions for ethnic reconciliation, without engaging with the everyday needs, interests, and perspectives of the victims, as well as proactively advocating for the inclusion of truth-telling, apology, […]

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START OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN SKOPJE ABOUT THE GENOCIDE OF ROMA AND SINTI DURING WORLD WAR II

                      PRESS RELEASE To: Media                                                                                           Date: 09. 03. 2015   The Roma Association MIR Skopje and Forum Civil Peace Service with support from the German Foundation EVZ „Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” announce the start of the “Educational program for learning about the genocide of Roma and Sinti during World […]

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Call for Applications: Sub-granting programme for investigative journalism

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Independent Journalists` Association of Vojvodina (IJAV)Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN Kosovo)Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst Ev (forumZFD) Project “Ordinary people: Missing rights – finding solutions”Sub-granting programme for investigative journalism We are seeking local media from Serbia to contribute to freedom of expression and reductionof hate speech in the media in Serbia and Kosovo through investigative reporting on theprotection of […]

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