Job Vacancy: Project Coordinator

Job Vacancy: Project Coordinator

KP-slika-engLocation: Belgrade, Serbia
Full-time, office-based
Deadline: December 17, 2023

The Humanitarian Law Center is the leading non-governmental organisation in Serbia dealing with the legacies of the wars in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Its work is founded on three closely interrelated pillars: documentation, justice, and memory. The Memory Programme relies on the documentation gathered by the HLC during the 30 years of its work, including the facts established before courts, in order to commemorate victims of war crimes, challenge the dominant revisionist narratives about the wars, provide informal education on the subject, and disseminate the judicially determined facts about the wars in an arresting way, using different media formats.

We are looking for a dedicated and skillful professional to add their expertise and strengthen our team of experienced researchers and practitioners. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for further developing our programme and implementing, monitoring, and reporting on the implementation of activities. She or he will coordinate the 3-4 member team’s work and report directly to the Deputy Executive Director.

Duties:

  • Coordinate the activities the HLC implements in the memory culture field;
  • Monitor the HLC’s work in the culture of memory field;
  • Design new activities and develop the Memory Programme;
  • Research and write content on memory culture topics (articles, reports, policy briefs etc.);
  • Establish and nurture cooperation with relevant actors in Serbia, the post-Yugoslav region, and internationally;
  • Monitor developments in the memory culture field in Serbia and the post-Yugoslav region;
  • Contribute to securing funding for new projects by tracking open calls and other fundraising possibilities and participating in the design of project proposals;
  • Communicate with donors and prepare reports on the implementation of projects;
  • Other project and programme-related duties as needed.

To perform the mentioned tasks, the candidate must meet the following requirements:

  • MA or PhD in the fields of transitional justice, memory culture, dealing with the past, peacebuilding, or other related areas;
  • Experience in working on topics related to the wars of the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia;
  • A minimum of three years of experience in project work;
  • Excellent computer skills;
  • Fluency in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian and English.

Preference will be given to candidates:

  • With published papers in transitional justice, memory culture, peacebuilding, or other related areas;
  • With experience in project coordination.

The engagement requires full-time commitment and office-based work in Belgrade.

Applications should include a curriculum vitae (CV), and a motivational letter with information on the reasons for applying to the job opening and the key areas of potential contribution to the HLC’s Memory Programme. Please send applications to konkurs@hlc-rdc.org by December 17, 2023, at the latest. After reviewing applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Call for Applications: Memory Activism Fellowship

Call for Applications: Memory Activism Fellowship

MAF-slika-enThe Humanitarian Law Center is currently accepting applications for the Memory Activism Fellowships, offering fellowships for a duration of 3 to 6 months, commencing from February until the end of September 2024. We invite fellowship applications from researchers, journalists, practitioners, and artists who focus on the 1990s wars in former Yugoslavia from various perspectives. The fellowship is non-residential and does not require a physical presence in Belgrade. Fellows are expected to produce outputs during the fellowship, which will be published and promoted by the HLC. Outputs can take the form of analyses, policy papers, reports, a series of blogs, or the organization of events. Fellowships can start from February 1, 2024, and must conclude no later than September 30, 2024.

Each fellowship includes a monthly honorarium of 1.563 USD (gross), intended to support the fellow during the research period and fulfilling the planned outputs.

The application should include:

  • A CV;
  • A motivational letter outlining your reasons for applying, along with the topic of interest and expertise (max one page);
  • A research proposal detailing the research objective, planned activities, expected outcomes, and the timeframe for the proposed activities (max two pages).

Please send your application via email to memoryprogram@hlc-rdc.org with the subject of the email as “Fellowship Application 2023” no latter then 22 December 2023. Applications can be in English or B/C/S/M. Candidates will be notified about the success of their application during the second half of January.

Since 1992, the Humanitarian Law Center has been dedicated to documenting war crimes and human rights violations committed in the former Yugoslavia, focusing on the victims and their stories. The organization advocates for a comprehensive and multifaceted transitional justice process. The work of the HLC is based on three pillars: documentation, justice, and memory, with the Memory Activism Program at the center of the organization’s future. Through its Memory Activism Program, the Humanitarian Law Center commemorates victims through various initiatives, including public debates, documentary films, and digital memory activism on social media and other digital memory practices. In addition to commemorating victims of war crimes and mass human rights violations during the 1990s wars, the Memory Program challenges and confronts dominant revisionist narratives about the wars, provides informal education, and disseminates judicially determined facts about the wars engagingly, using different media formats. Furthermore, the program conducts policy-oriented research and analysis, as well as commentary on official memory politics in the region.

Any questions about the fellowship and its conditions can be sent to memoryprogram@hlc-rdc.org or nikola.gajic@hlc-rdc.org.

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BBC list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2023

BBC list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2023

nk-bbcAmong them, in the Politics & Advocacy category, are Rukshana Kapali, Nepal, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil, Monica McWilliams, UK, Summia Tora, Afghanistan, Sepideh Rashnu, Iran, Neema Namadamu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bella Galhos, East Timor,Rina Gonoi, Japan, Maryam Al-Khawaja, Bahrain/Denmark, Christiana Figueres, Costa Rica, Tamar Museridze, Georgia, Iryna Stavchuk, Ukraine, Nataša Kandić, Serbia, Yael Braudo-Bahat, Israel, Michelle Obama, US, Shamsa Araweelo, Somalia/UK, Bernadette Smith, Turtle Island / Canada, Renita Holmes, US, Dehenna Davison, UK, Yasmina Benslimane, Morocco, Xu Zaozao, China, Alicia Cahuiya, Ecuador, Najla Mohamed-Lamin, Western Sahara, Sofia Kosacheva, Russia, Ulanda Mtamba, Malawi, Amal Clooney, UK/Lebanon and Gloria Steinem, US.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-02d9060e-15dc-426c-bfe0-86a6437e5234

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International Conference on Digital Archives of Civil Society Organizations

International Conference on Digital Archives of Civil Society Organizations

DAC slikaThe Humanitarian Law Center in cooperation with the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation consortium is organizing a three-day international conference titled “Enhancing Sustainability of Civil Society Organizations for Digital Archiving”. The aim of this event is to support civil society organizations from around the world in developing their digital archives dedicated to systematic and mass violations of human rights.

The conference will be held from November 1st to 3rd, 2023, in Belgrade, with the participation of experts and representatives of organizations documenting human rights violations from more than 15 countries, including Argentina, Ukraine, Indonesia, Spain, Croatia, Sri Lanka and others. The diversity of participants and the social and political contexts in which these organizations engage in documenting and digital archiving of human rights violations will provide a variety of perspectives and enrich the discussions.


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(srpski) Konkurs za poziciju istraživača/ice

(srpski) Konkurs za poziciju istraživača/ice

Sorry, this entry is only available in srpski.

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EVENT: Report Launch: Material reparations in proceedings for damages – the practice of courts in Serbia 2021-2022

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EVENT: Report Launch: Material reparations in proceedings for damages – the practice of courts in Serbia 2021-2022

materijalne_rep-enOn Monday, 24 April 2023, Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) is going to present its report on “Material reparations in proceedings for damages – the practice of courts in Serbia 2021-2022 “ (the Report). The presentation will be held in the large hall of Media Centre Belgrade (Terazije 3, II floor), beginning at 12.30.

The report analyses the course of ongoing court proceedings during the years 2021 and 2022. However, since most procedures have lasted for more than two years, the Report also provides a short overview of the procedures before 2021, to facilitate the tracking.

The Report is divided into two parts. The first part of the Report analyses the individual cases currently adjudicated by the Serbian courts, while the second part renders the main problems identified by HLC during its efforts as the key ones which prevent the victims from exercising their rights to reparations before domestic courts.


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