Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Kosovo (YIHR Kosovo) and Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia (YIHR Serbia) condemn the statements by Veljko Odalović, Secretary General of the National Assembly of Serbia and President of the Commission on Missing Persons and Vladimir Lazarević, convict of war crimes in Kosovo at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
On the International Youth Day, we are warning that young people are paying the highest price of the war-mongering politics; there is great danger that such price will be much higher if Serbia continues to rush into authoritarianism, aggressive nationalism and conflict with everybody in the region.
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.
