Source: recom.link David Tolbert, photo Laura Barisonzi I think the work of the ICTY presents a mixed picture. There has been much that has been accomplished, and some very important decisions and judgements have been arrived at that will stand the test of time and, I hope, make a difference to the victims and the historical record in the region […]

Source: slobodnaevropa.org
 Mirsad Behram Even more than 20 years after the wars in former Yugoslavia, in societies of states that resulted from its dissolution, there is mostly no culture of remembrance, but rather a culture of lies and denial, as claimed by some of the more renowned critics of nationalist political elites from the Balkans. During a gathering in Mostar […]

Source: balkans.aljazeera.net Photo: Al Jazeera Author: Mladen Obrenović When they started building peace 11 years ago in a still vulnerable environment, which Sanski Most truly was after a difficult and bloody war, Vahidin Omanović and Mevludin Rahmanović did not even dream that their Peace Building Centre would soon not only extend beyond local and regional borders, but also become a globally […]

Title: "War of Memories. Places of suffering and remembrance of war in Bosnia-Herzegovina" Original Title: “Rat sjećanja. Istraživanje o mjestima stradanja I sjećanja na rat u BiH” Published by: Centar za nenasilnu akciju Sarajevo – Beograd (Centre for Nonviolent Action, Sarajevo-Belgrade) Published: 2016   Before you is a publication developed as part of the project “War Monuments in Bosnia and […]

Press Release: “The Challenge of Commemoration and Holocaust Education” On April 12th and 13th 2016, forumZFD’s Kosovo Peace Education program in cooperation with a Holocaust Education expert from Yad Vashem (Israel) and the Kosovar History Teacher Association organized a workshop on “The Challenge of Commemoration and Holocaust Education” at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Organized by forumZFD Kosovo, […]

On Friday the 22nd of April 2016 forumZFD, Vreme magazine and the Open Society Foundation will host a panel discussion on the topic: „Meeting points: What are the Balkans and what could they be? The panel will be hosted at hotel SIRIUS (Agim Ramadani street), starting at 11 a.m.  This panel discussion will be the second in a serial of […]

Source: Recom.link The long path toward reconciliation can’t be imagined as a sudden turn, after a verdict of a single person. It would rather be a joint effort of the European Union and the civil society in the Balkans, in order to support activities that denounce the mistakes of the past without any bias, and prepare the ground for a […]

Photo by: JU Gimnazija Obala Sarajevo In the frame of the Project “MemorInmotion goes Western Balkans”, by forumZFD and the European Association of History Teachers and Educators BiH (EUROCLIO HIP BiH), in partnership with Humanity in Action (HiA), Youth Initiative for Human Rights BiH (YIHR BiH), Mreža za izgradnju mira BiH (Network for building peace) and the peace movement pax christi […]

Source: hlc-kosovo Dear all, It‘s our honor to invite you to the premiere of the documentary film  “Depth Two” which will be held in the theater “Oda” on April 16th  2016, starting at 20:00. After the film projections there will be an organized debate with the director of the film and other panelists. The documentary film “Depth Two” directed by Ognjen […]

Source: recom.link By Dragan Markovina Although the periods when one could nurture rational optimism with respect to facing the past honestly, or in terms of expectations of comprehensive societal progress, have been few and far between in the Yugoslav region over the past 25 years, few would have expected a complete return to the paradigm of the ‘nineties.  Wrapped in […]

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 […]

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 […]