Today we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, yet how close are we to this reality?
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) participated in an online meeting with the members of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances on Monday, March 17, 2025, where it presented a report with recommendations for the institutions of the Republic of Serbia on enforced disappearances.
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) is calling on the Cultural Institution Ćuprija to annul the competition and the decision regarding the selected design for the mural in the center of Ćuprija in Serbia, dedicated to Nebojša Pavković, a convicted for war crimes in Kosovo. Due to the responsibility for publishing the competition, we also demand the dismissal of Stefan Stamenković, the director of this institution. The competition for a mural dedicated to Pavković represents an institutionalized practice of denying the war crimes for which he was convicted.
On Friday, March 14, activist and student Lazar Dinić was arrested in Belgrade, while in Novi Sad, members of the Free Citizens Movement (PSG) were detained: Lado Jovović, Marija Vasić, Davor Stefanović, Srđan Đurić, and Mladen Cvijetić. On March 16, the Higher Court in Novi Sad ordered a 30-day detention for these six individuals, and today, searches were carried out at the apartments of activists who are currently out of the country.
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) demands that the Supreme Public Prosecution Office and regulatory bodies investigate human rights violations against citizens of Serbia, as well as violations of the rights of foreign nationals, particularly Croatian citizens, who have been targeted by government representatives and pro-government media in recent months, within the context of months-long civil protests in Serbia.
