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It has happened: War in Serbia

After the web portal War in Serbia was launched, nationalists, lead by Milošević successor, Ivica Dačić, joined by the longest propaganda machine of the Greater Serbia, daily Večernje Novosti, have aggressively attacked the Youth Initiative for Human Rights.

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May 2nd Should Be Declared Civilian Victims of War Memorial Day

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of civilians’ suffering on the territory of Western Slavonia and in Zagreb, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights Croatia and Youth Initiative for Human Rights Serbia are commemorating civilian victims of war killed during that time aiming to contribute to the process of reconciliation in our society and to the change of a dominant narrative currently centred around military feats, while victims are completely neglected.

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Anniversary of the Crime in Podujevo: Forgetting the Victims Does Not Lead to Reconciliation

More than twenty years after the crime in Podujevo, instead of opening a space where the testimonies of the crime and voices of victims’ families will be heard, the government’s approach to the crimes committed by the Serbian police and military forces in Kosovo is still reflected in permanent glorification of war criminals such as Nebojša Pavković, Vladimir Lazarević and Nikola Šainović.

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Group of Young People from Serbia Visited Srebrenica and Detention Camp in Šljivovica

The Youth Initiative for Human Rights, in co-operation with forumZFD, organized a study visit for twenty young activists from Serbia to the Srebrenica Memorial (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the Šljivovica Detention Camp in the Čajetina municipality (Serbia) on February 25-28 2020.

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