Source: recom.link A Story about a Chance Visitor The Humanitarian Law Center has been reporting systematically on the progress of transitional justice processes in Serbia since 1999.  Its fifth and latest report, “Transitional Justice in Serbia from 2013 to 2015”, provides an insight into the accomplishments and problems relating to the prosecution of war crimes before Serbian courts; the provision […]

Source: balkaninsight.com Milivoje Pantovic, BIRN, Belgrade Photo: Historical Archive (Partisans marching towards Novi Sad in 1944.) The northern city of Novi Sad is to build a monument commemorating people killed by Josip Broz Tito’s Partisan forces at the end of World War II. The Novi Sad local assembly’s culture commission decided on Tuesday to build the memorial to innocent people […]

Source: Kosovo 2.0 BY DAFINA HALILI – SEPTEMBER 01, 2016 A documentary screening and unveiling of a poignant installation marked the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Prishtina on Tuesday. On Tuesday (August 30), the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, a powerful documentary recounting some of the atrocities committed by Slobodan Milosevic’s regime in Kosovo was […]

Izvor: recom.link At least 130,000 people lost their lives in the wars following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. The fates of at least 13,000 individuals remain unknown. The majority of them disappeared in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina – around 10,000 persons. As of today, the Republic of Croatia is searching for the mortal remains of 930 of […]

Source: recom.link Kosovo president Hashim Thaci said on Monday that missing persons remain one of the gravest wounds that the war in Kosovo inflicted. Resolving of the fate of the missing is one of the most urgent tasks facing the country, Thaci said on the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared which is marked on August 30 each […]

Source: recom.link By Colleen Murphy[1] In March 2016, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found Bosnian Serb wartime political leader Radovan Karadzic guilty on 10 of 11 charges, including genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.  He was acquitted on one count of genocide. This verdict spawned significant controversy and commentary.  […]

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/ Photo: BIRN Dzana Brkanic BIRN Sarajevo  Bosnian courts have allowed five war crimes convicts to avoid serving their prison sentences by paying a fine, BIRN has found – a practice which critics claim makes a mockery of justice. Research by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has established that cantonal courts and the Basic Court in Brcko have allowed five convicts who […]

Source: recom.link By Dragan Velikić Just as there is no single cause leading to an argument, or to a war for that matter, but rather a whole array of  possible causes, ungraspable and unperceivable, there can be no single paradigm, or answer as to how to make reconciliation possible. But even if we don’t really know whose (different) interests led […]

Source: recom.link President Hashim Thaci’s commemoration of Serbian victims in Gracka e Vjeter is an important event in the process of dealing with the past – but it is insufficient   By Teuta Hoxha   After a war, the involved parties are usually not in contact with one another due to the damage caused on both sides. As a result, they […]

Source: balkaninsight.com The Museum of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide 1992-1995 has opened in Sarajevo, displaying the personal belongings of victims among exhibits exploring Bosnia’s wartime history.   An exhibit at the new museum. Photo: Aleksandra Tolj. The Museum of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide 1992-1995 opened its doors this week in central Sarajevo, with displays of personal items exhumed from […]

Source: sff.ba In the former Yugoslavia,faced with the deep and far-reaching consequences of the aftermath of past conflicts, the project Dealing with the Past is dedicated to increasing dialogue, promoting peace through raising awareness, and confronting all the parties involved with indisputable facts. Project encourages public involvement, with a special focus on younger generations, in order to increase understanding, and […]

Source: Humanitarian Law Center An intergovernmental conference of representatives of EU member states and Serbia was held in Brussels on 18 July 2016, marking the opening of Chapter 23 (Judiciary and fundamental rights) and Chapter 24 (Justice, freedom and security) within the negotiations for Serbian accession to the EU. The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) welcomes this step in the European integration […]