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The Ministry for Interior Affairs must ban genocide-denial in the New Belgrade municipal building

February 20, 2020 1:01 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Humanitarian Law Center, Women in Black and Forum ZFD Western Balkans would like to inform the public, as well as the Ministry for Interior Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, that the book promotion of convicted war criminal Vojislav Šešelj will be taking place tonight at 18h on February 2nd within the New Belgrade municipal building. The promotion of the book titled „Srebrenica was not a genocide“ is organized by the Serbian Radical Party (SRS).


YIHR Marks Anniversary of Srdjan Aleksić’s Death

January 27, 2020 1:08 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The Youth Initiative for Human Rights, together with Civic Action Pančevo and the Independent Journalists’ Association of Vojvodina (NDNV), put wreaths at the passage and memorial named after Srdjan Aleksić, to mark the 27th anniversary of death of the man who is still one of the well-known examples of humanity in the wars in former Yugoslavia.


Workshop on Secret Mass Graves in Serbia

December 23, 2019 1:25 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) organized a two-day workshop for young journalists, activists and politicians from the PYN Network in Belgrade on December 21-22 2019. The workshop titled “Secret Mass Graves in Serbia” is part of the programme “Truth and Reconciliation in Serbia”.


Successful Opening of the YIHR.hub and Birthday Celebration

December 12, 2019 4:44 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

A new space intended for the use by civil society organisations, informal citizen initiatives and others free of charge – YIHR.hub at 8a Đorđićeva Street in Zagreb was officially launched on November 28. This was a double celebration: together with the hub opening, we celebrated the 11th birthday of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights.


Croatia Does Not Need Decoration Named After the Member of the Joint Criminal Enterprise

November 8, 2019 4:42 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The Youth Initiative for Human Rights strongly condemns a new proposal of the Ministry of Public Administration for amending the Law on Decorations and Awards of the Republic of Croatia, envisaging the establishment of a new high state decoration named after Franjo Tuđman (Grand Order of the President of the Republic Franjo Tuđman with Sash and Morning Star).