The Right of People to Return to Their Homes Must be a Priority for the Governments of Kosovo and Serbia
On the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the beginning of the March 2004 violence in Kosovo, Youth Initiative for Human Rights – Kosovo and Youth Initiative for Human Rights – Serbia, are calling their governments to show sincere respect for all victims of ethnically motivated violence in order to start building societies where everyone has the right to live free and to feel safe.
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Joint appeal by members of civil society organizations to leaders from Kosovo and Serbia on their upcoming meeting on March 18, on the proposed agreement by the European Union (EU) for normalizations of relations
We, the undersigned members of the civil society, through this joint letter appeal to leaders of Kosovo and Serbia to accept and sign the agreement proposed by the European Union (EU), as well as reach a compromise on the implementation annex at their upcoming meeting on March 18, 2023.
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YIHR Serbia submitted a request for the removal of more than 300 murals and graffiti dedicated to Ratko Mladić
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR Serbia) submitted 308 requests to the communal services of 10 cities and municipalities in Serbia, requesting them to remove murals, symbols, and graffiti of the convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić. Communal services are legally obligated to remove murals and graffiti dedicated to Ratko Mladić and all other graffiti spreading hate, such as the Z sign.
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Women’s voices for peace in Serbia and Kosovo
On International Women’s Day, civil society from Kosovo and Serbia are united in their calls for more women’s voices to be heard in the normalisation process. The signatories also voiced their concerns about the failure to incorporate gender-specific considerations into the various dialogue agreements and, in particular, the Agreement on the path to normalisation between Kosovo and Serbia.
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