YIHR Supports Youth-Led Public Hearing on EXPO 2027 During FIST 2025
As part of the 20th Festival of International Student Theater (FIST 2025), the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) supported a youth-led public debate on one of Serbia’s most pressing issues — the EXPO 2027 project. Conceived and organized entirely by young people, this initiative emerged as a form of democratic resistance in a political climate where civic participation is increasingly restricted.
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YIHR Calls on UK Regulators to Investigate Allegations of Media Suppression Involving British Firm in Serbia
Monday, 13 October 2025 – Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) has submitted formal complaints to a number of UK regulators calling for their immediate attention to alarming allegations involving British investment firm BC Partners in Serbia.
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Open call for RYLMP Fellows 2025/2026
Regional Youth Leadership Mobility Programme (RYLMP), funded by Open Society Foundation in Western Balkans, and implemented by Center Science and Innovation for Development (SCiDEV) from Albania, Youth Educational Forum (YEF) from North Macedonia and Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia, is looking for young professionals, young researchers, and youth activists, interested in producing cross- border policy papers and translating them into meaningful and impactful advocacy campaigns capable of making change.
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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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