Youth Initiative for Human Rights 2025 Annual Report
We are pleased to present our 2025 Annual Report! The report provides a comprehensive overview of our work across our three core programs: Democratization, Human Rights, and Transitional Justice. It highlights the wide range of activities we carried out over the past year, including campaigns, advocacy initiatives, conferences, and public statements. Through our 21 programs,… View Article
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Report “Dossier Croatia II: Expulsion, targeting and other examples of human rights violations of Croatian citizens in Serbia”
New report of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Dossier Croatia II: Expulsion, targeting and other examples of human rights violations of Croatian citizens in Serbia during the political crisis in Serbia (March 2025 – March 2026). The report is a continuation of documenting anti-Croatian propaganda and violations of human rights of citizens of Croatia and citizens of Serbia with dual (Serbian and Croatian) citizenship during the political crisis in Serbia. Special focus was placed on cases of revocation of residence permits of Croatian citizens on the grounds that they represent an “unacceptable security risk”, as well as on the role of state institutions and the media in creating and maintaining such a practice.
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Report “State of Denial – Serbia 2025: War Criminals as Distinguished Citizens”
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights has identified in its new report “State of Denial” at least 110 examples of denial of war crimes from the 1990s by the Serbian authorities in 2025. The report maps at least 60 cases of glorification of 10 convicted war criminals as well as at least 50 cases of various forms of war crime denial, such as denial of crimes in Racak, the siege of Sarajevo, the existence of the camps in Prijedor for non-Serb civilian, and mass graves in Batajnica. As in previous years, in 2025, the Srebrenica genocide remains the single most denied crime, with at least 30 documented cases.
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Report: Serbia vs Falun Gong: (Un)Friendly Ties of Steel
The report Serbia vs Falun Gong: (Un)Friendly Ties of Steel – Unlawful Detention of Falun Gong Practitioners during the Visit of the Chinese President to Serbia in May 2024 addresses the unlawful deprivation of liberty of members of the “Falun Gong” organization during the visit of the President of the People’s Republic of China to… View Article
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