On the 17th anniversary of the killings of 48 Kosovo Albanians in Suhareka/Suva Reka, campaigners walked from downtown Belgrade to the suburb of Batajnica, where the bodies were found in 2001. Ivana Nikolić, BIRN, Belgrade Around 30 activists led by Belgrade-based Youth Initiative for Human Rights, YIHR, and the My Initiative movement, gathered in downtown Belgrade on Saturday and walked to the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Source: Recom.link Following a lengthy trial, the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been found guilty on one count of genocide as well as numerous crimes against humanity in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Denisa Kostovicova assesses what the verdict means for Bosnia, writing that although the outcome of the trial is highly symbolic for […]

Press release Promotion of Bekim Fehmiu book "Brilliant and Terrifying" – part two March 25, 2016 in Prishtina, at National Theatre of Kosovo March 26, 2016 in Prizren, at Dokukino The second edition of the Festival "Mirëdita, dobar dan!" brings the book of Bekim Fehmi "Brilliant and Terrifying" – part two translated for the first time in Albanian language. After […]

Izvor: Recom.link This week’s predictions: Ko te Karadžić nek ti piše pjesme by Eric Gordy On Thursday the verdict will be delivered in one of ICTY’s last major cases, the one against Radovan Karadžić. You all know who he is and what he did, so no need to go into the details here: if you want to refresh your memory, here is the final […]

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, […]

                      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 […]

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 […]

Source: balkaninsight.com To mark International Women’s Day, the Kosovo authorities paid homage to female war victims and screened a documentary in parliament about sexual violence during the 1999 conflict. Petrit Collaku, BIRN, Pristina Photo: Tributes were paid to female war victims at a monument near parliament. Photo: Kosovo parliament. Kosovo’s parliament on Tuesday screened a documentary about the women who suffered sexual violence […]

Source: CODA • Essays • Open Academic Network Since the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), different attempts have been undertaken, especially by civil society actors, to promote stories of interethnic help and rescue which occurred during the war. Svetlana Broz published the book Good People in an Evil Timein 1999, and, with her NGO Gariwo, promotes such stories through lectures, films and educational […]

Source: Recom.link   From Hybrid Peace to Human Security: Rethinking EU Strategy towards Conflict   The Berlin Report of the Human Security Study Group is the culmination of a five year research programme Security in Transition, based at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The report was presented to […]