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Joint Statement of Civil Society Organizations: Determine the Responsibility for Delivering the Publication “Srebrenica – the official lie of an era” to the Covid Hospital in “Stark Arena”

April 7, 2021 9:06 am Published by Leave your thoughts

We demand from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defense to determine who enabled the delivery of a large number of copies of the publication "Srebrenica - the official lie of an era" to the temporary Covid hospital in Belgrade's "Stark Arena". We also request that this publication be withdrawn immediately from the mentioned Covid hospital, as well as all other public / state places where it is exhibited.


Call for experts: Development of an educational program on the problem of sexual violence in war

March 25, 2021 6:07 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Autonomous Women’s Center, Women in Black and Youth Initiative for Human Rights (Serbia) are announcing a call for feminist experts who, together with representatives of organizations, will develop an educational program on the problem of sexual violence in war, as well as for an expert who will adapt the developed program for performance with young people. The closing date for submitting Expressions of Interest is 31st of March 2021 5 p.m.


Interview with Jasminko Halilović: Meet the Museum of War Childhood in Sarajevo

March 12, 2021 10:34 am Published by Leave your thoughts

The Youth Initiative for Human Rights organised an online conversation with Jasminko Halilović, founder and director of the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo. Jasminko Halilović talked about how the War Child Museum was founded, as well as the beginnings of the work on the culture of remembrance of the war childhood in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the work that the Museum originated from.


Serbia and Montenegro are obliged to fully investigate the state crime and recognize the victims of the abduction in Strpci

March 1, 2021 1:43 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Today we mark the 28th anniversary of the crime in Strpci, when members of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) took out and killed 20 passengers, non-Serb civilians, at a train station in Strpci (BiH) from a train running on the Belgrade-Bar route.Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia (YIHR Serbia) and Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Montenegro (YIHR CG) recall the responsibility of state institutions of Serbia and Montenegro for this planned war crime against the citizens of FRY and demand that full responsibility be established – not only of the perpetrators but also of the originators of this crime, as well as to speed up investigations and court proceedings in both countries. Also, the families of victims in Serbia continue to be discriminated in terms of the status of civilian victims of war, while in Montenegro no one but Nebojša Ranisavljević has been prosecuted.