The Erasmus Training on Minority Rights in Youth Work assembly participants from Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Croatia. From the 18th until the 26th of November at Fruska gora, Youth Initiative for Human Rights organized Erasmus+ training “Promotion of Minority Rights in Youth Work”. With young people from all over the Western Balkans we discussed minority rights in their countries, what's the status of youth workers in their own countries and most importantly what can we do to support and help minority youth. The trainers of the training were Barbara Santibanez from France, Dragalina Gorbati from Italy and Dejana Dexi Stošić from Serbia.
Memory Activism and Digital Practices After Conflict: Unwanted Memories, Dr. Orli Fridman’s new book, was presented and officially launched in Belgrade, at Endzio Hub. Over 40 scholars, students, activists, and friends listened to the discussion of the book, which explores memory activism in Serbia, where truths about the recent past are largely suppressed. In addition to Dr. Fridman, the panel included Dr. Jelena Lončar, Marko Milosavljević, Dr. Vjollca Krasniqi, Dr. Ivana Spasić, and was moderated by Dr. Igor Štiks.
A regional consortium of organizations from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, which for the past 30 years have been working for the rights of victims and survivors of sexual violence during the wars in the former Yugoslavia, are asking the Government of the United Kingdom why Ivica Dacic, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and a close associate of the Milosevic regime, has the legitimacy to speak at a conference on the prevention of these crimes in conflict and how this choice of speaker supports preventive efforts in the region?
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.
