Massive Human Rights Violations Cannot Be Called a “Heroic Struggle”
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR Serbia) condemns the statements and actions of President Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister Macut and Minister of Justice Vujić, who exploited the poor health condition of Nebojša Pavković, a convicted war criminal, to celebrate him as a hero. It is unacceptable to use the application of basic human rights principles — which allow convicts to stay with their families and receive medical treatment in their home country due to serious health conditions — as a means to glorify and deny the massive human rights violations for which Pavković was convicted with final verdict. Such actions are in direct opposition to the principles of peace and stability. Instead of, as Minister Vujić said, “the state must stand behind Pavković, Karadžić and Mladić,” the Republic of Serbia must abide by the law, international obligations, and not war criminals.
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For the authorities in Croatia and Serbia, victims exist only as ornaments of chauvinist politics
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Croatia and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia believe that the authorities in both countries have used the 30th anniversary of Operation Storm to, each in their own way, demonstrate chauvinism and a complete abandonment of responsibility toward the victims.
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Serbia Has an Obligation to Respect International Humanitarian Law
Dragan Šutanovac, Ambassador of Serbia to the United States, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 10, 2025. The public was informed about the meeting through the embassy’s and the ambassador’s accounts on Instagram and X, stating that the conversation was “cordial and open,” and that “the traditionally friendly relations between Serbia and Israel were confirmed, as well as mutual commitment to their further strengthening in the political, economic, and security spheres.”
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The Committee on Enforced Disappearances Called on Serbia to Implement the UN Resolution on the Genocide in Srebrenica
On April 4, 2025, United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) published a report on Serbia with recommendations, including a series from the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), sent to the Committee on March 12 this year. Among the recommendations of the CED for the authorities in Serbia are the implementation of the UN General Assembly Resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica and the change of legislation in order to sanction the denial of war crimes and the glorfication of war criminals.
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