On June 28-30 2021, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights held the second in a series of trainings titled ‘How to Research and Report on the State of Human Rights’. The trainings are intended for young researchers, offering them an opportunity to learn more about the methods of reporting on human rights.
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights Serbia calls on the government of Kosovo and the international missions in Kosovo to do everything in their power in order to prevent the escalation of violence directed at the ethnic Serbian community in Kosovo.
At the anniversary of the crimes in Bradina and Tuzlanska kapija, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia (YIHR Serbia) and Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (YIHR BiH) are honouring the victims of these crimes, demanding that the judicial authorities in Serbia and BiH fairly and efficiently complete court proceedings, and that political institutions stop the practice of hiding and glorifying war criminals.
On June 11, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights organised a conversation with Šejla Kamerić, an artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the Endžio Hub. We talked with Šejla, among other things, about the role of art in the processes of dealing with the past, reconciliation and memory, and whether activist art, artivism, can contribute to the peace building in the future.
The reactions of the Republic of Serbia’s authorities and media machinery to the Ratko Mladić judgment and IRMCT Report to the UN Security Council represent a shameful attempt to avoid responsibility, inflame nationalist hysteria and deepen the distrust between the citizens of Serbia and the rest of the world.
