In light of the events that marked the year that will soon be behind us, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, in cooperation with the Peaceful Change Initiative, is organizing a program for young people aged 18 to 27 from Kosovo and Serbia. The youth program "We matter" will be held in Belgrade from December 13th to 17th. The working language of the program will be English.
Civil society organisations from Kosovo and Serbia have expressed their support for Miodrag Milićević from NGO Aktiv, who was verbally and physically assaulted by a member of Kosovo Police special units in the vicinity of the Jarinje crossing in north Kosovo.
During the second day of the Conference, we discussed various challenges that post-conflict societies face, how activists from the region work on topics that are sensitive and why is it important for us to remember.
Dear organizers and distinguished participants, I am very happy and grateful to address you today at the “Truths That Are Denied” conference which asks us to reflect on the essential issue of truths that are denied. This is my first time in Belgrade, and I’m glad we all gathered here today. I come from Kosovo, which is connected to the topic of denied truths like the body is connected to the soul.
Over 120 people from the Western Balkans, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic attended the "Truths that are denied" regional conference. The conference opened with the poems "Born after 1992" and "8372" by the poet Mirjana Narandžić and the panel "Images in our heads and on the walls," which discussed the role of art in dealing with the past.
