Source: ictj.org Roger Duthie and Paul Seils As the refugee crisis deepens, does action on transitional justice issues have to wait for peace? A new paper explores what sort of consultation and documentation work can be done now, while conflict is ongoing, to shape outcomes moving forward. As many European countries were beginning to emerge from the depths of the […]

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/   War victims are launching an appeal in The Hague, calling for the Netherlands to be held responsible for the deaths of all the Bosniaks from Srebrenica who were killed in July 1995. Denis Dzidic, BIRN, Sarajevo The Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves victims’ group will launch an appeal on Thursday in The Hague against a 2014 verdict […]

Source: recom.link Author: Nadim Khoury In the last twenty years the concept of political reconciliation has gained currency amongst political and social theorists. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the democratic transitions of several South American countries and other similar cases introduced this seemingly foreign concept to our contemporary political lexicon. Reconciliation typically refers to attempts for divided societies […]

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/   The Pristina authorities will consider restoring a monument celebrating Serb and Albanian anti-fascist cooperation in WWII after a one-man protest by the head of the Union of Montenegrins in Kosovo. Die Morina/ BIRN/Pristina         The head of the Union of Montenegrins in Kosovo, Slobodan Vujicic, said that the Pristina municipality has promised to examine the […]

Source: recom.link By Refik Hodzic, ICTJ “We’ve gotten used to the conflict; and that habit has created a vicious situation in which many prefer the certainty of war – with its clear rules and predictable risks, with the dead being a burden for others, with its hate routines and well-defined enemies – than the uncertainty of peace. The decision ahead […]

Source: recom.link A discussion on Srebrenica was held as part of the Clinton Global Initiative gathering in New York, in which Aleksandar Vucic and Camil Durakovic took part. B92 reporter said that the debate “The Balkans – 20 Years Later” was moderated by Bill Clinton, while the first to speak was Advika Ibrahimovic who survived the Srebrenica genocide. She told […]

Source: Kosovo 2.0 BY DANNY WILKINSON – SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 Full house debates conflict-related sexual violence at K2.0. When reflecting upon the Kosovo war of 1998-9, men are often portrayed as heroes, while women are reduced to victims; despite roles as leaders, fighters and activists, women remain excluded from the broader narrative, while the reality of men as victims is rarely acknowledged. […]

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/ People’s memories of a huge anti-war concert in Sarajevo in 1991 are being collected for a project which also acts as a warning about the dangers of nationalism in contemporary Europe, its creator says. Sasa Dragojlo BIRN Belgrade When the war in the former Yugoslavia started in 1991, 14-year-old Serb Danijel Visevic was a thousand miles away in the German city […]

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/ Amid heightened regional tensions, prosecutors from Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro met to show commitment to achieving justice for war crimes victims, the Hague Tribunal’s chief prosecutor said. Ajla Gezo BIRN Sarajevo Prosecutors meeting in Brijuni, Croatia. Photo: Bosnian prosecution The 10th Annual Regional Conference of War Crimes Prosecutors on Monday in Brijuni in Croatia was a gesture of commitment […]

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 […]