Source: cdrsee.org The JHP II’s series of regional launches was concluded in Ljubljana on November 22. The final ‘History of the Future’ event, held at the Museum of Contemporary History, was met with an overwhelmingly successful reception. With a diverse audience consisting of members of the diplomatic corps, international organisations, CSOs, NGOs, journalists, history teachers and students, the two new […]

Piše Erna Mačkić Izvor: balkaninsight.com The UN court in The Hague convicted former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic of the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia found former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic guilty on Wednesday of genocide and crimes […]

The CDRSEE invites you to the official launch of our new Joint History Project Workbooks which will take place on: 22 November 2017 at 09:30 – 12:00 in Ljubljana at the National Museum of Contemporary History   These books are part the Southeast European Joint History Project – an initiative now running for 18 years-which creates supplementary multi-perspective teaching resources for […]

BOOK OF ABSTRACTSConference "Politics of building peace in the region: burdens from the past and visions for the future"

Booklet and agenda of the Conference "Politics of Building Peace in the Region: Burdens from the Past and Visions for the Future", which will be held at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo   Download Booklet

For the past three years, Amer Delic, Dalmir Miskovic, Cedomir Glavas and Tamara Zrnovic have been putting up memorial signs at unmarked places of wartime suffering in a series of guerrilla actions across Bosnia and Herzegovina, trying to send a message that every victim deserves respect. The activists argue that memorialisation still depends on political will in the Balkans, where […]

It is our pleasure to invite you to the regional academic conference "Politics of building peace in the region: burdens from the past, visions for the future", which will be held at the Faculty of political science in Sarajevo, from 19 to 22 October 2017. Conference participants will discuss about the following topics: Ethno-national interpretations of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Building peace in contemporary […]

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of student demonstration of 1997 in Kosovo, Alter Habitus – Institute for Studies in Society and Culture, Center for Southeast European Studies (University of Graz) and University of Prishtina are organizing a conference on social movements in Kosovo, during and after socialism. Scholars of social sciences and humanities, civil society activists, artists and […]

Stories of women survivors of torture during the last war in Kosovo (10/10) My sister, sister-in-law, cousins and I About 17 women were assembled by a group of paramilitaries in a city in Kosova. The most beautiful women from the neighborhood were assembled, according to the witness. They were sent to a school in a nearby village. According to the […]

As of the upcoming Wednesday (Sep. 13, 2017), in the next 10 working days, DwP-Balkans will publish an oral history interview with a survivor of sexual violence each day, taken from the memory book "I want to be heard: Memory book with stories of women survivors of torture during the last war in Kosovo”. The aim of the project is to […]

Source: balkaninsight.com Photo: Deblokada A new feature film made by a Bosnian war veteran dramatically explores the minds of men who fought in the 1990s and how it affected them psychologically and emotionally. Igor Spaic BIRN Sarajevo At a remote hotel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a group of veterans who fought on opposing sides during the Balkan wars have come together for […]

Source: trialinternational.org The ICTY may not have brought the desired reconciliation in BiH, but its influence and legacy provides a crucial basis for future endeavors. An op-ed by Selma Korjenic. THE LAST-RESORT TRIBUNAL In 1993, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established in The Hague (Netherlands). Tasked with the prosecution of the highest-ranked suspects from across the […]