Women in Black, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, and the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) marked the twentieth anniversary of the kidnapping in Štpci. Approximately 40 citizens gathered in front of the Belgrade Main Railway Station and held banners which said, “The death train took off from here” “The train stopped at 15:48”, “We remember the crime in Štrpci” and “It is a crime to forget a crime”.
Students on the School for International Training (SIT) programme which gathers students from various universities in the US visited the Humanitarian Law Center on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013.
The Bosnian Book of the Dead, jointly published by the Research and Documentation Centre (IDC) and the Humanitarian Law Center of Serbia, was presented in Sarajevo on 21 January 2013 to an audience of more than 200 people amidst heavy media presence.The audience was addressed by the author of the book, Mirsad Tokača, Professors Osman Ibrahimagić, Zdravko Grebo and Ivan Šarčević, retired General Jovan Divjak and the Founder of the Humanitarian Law Center, Nataša Kandić.
The first Regional Transitional Justice School was opened on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013. Sandra Orlović, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Center, stated at the School’s opening ceremony that fact-finding about the past is important because it represents a way to become immune to myths, which always precede new wars. An understanding of the past also helps with our understanding of the present society and some universal topics and that is the symbolic way of paying our respects to all victims and acknowledge their sufferings.
A debate on war crimes trials in Serbia was held on Thursday, January 17th, 2013 in the Media Center in Belgrade. The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) organized the debate anent the presentation of its Report on War Crimes Trials in 2012. Representatives of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor (OWCP), the Higher Court in Belgrade, the Court of Appeals in Belgrade, representatives of the OSCE, EULEX, the Office for Human and Minority Rights, the Higher Courts in Niš and Prokuplje, Embassies, the Ministry of Justice and the state administration, and of non-governmental organizations attended the debate.
Debate on War Crime Trials in Serbia in 2012 will be held on Thursday, January 17th 2013 in Media center in Belgrade (Terazije 2, 2nd floor). The reason for organizing this debate is Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) Report on war crime trials in Serbia in 2012.
A group of participants in the Youth Reconciliation Ambassadors program organizhed by the Youth Education Committee from Belgrade visited the Huanitarian Law Center on Tuesday, December 25th, 2012. Students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia, who use this study trip to discuss problems and challenges that their societies face in the post-conflict time period.
Students from Preševo, Bujanovac, and Priština visited the Humanitarian Law Center on Friday, December 21st, 2012. These students attend the Young Leaders Schoolorganized by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights. During the study trip to Belgrade, these young individuals had an opportunity to learn more about the wok of civil society organizations, institutions, cultural centres, and the media.
On Monday December 10th, 2012, namely the International Human Rights Day, the diplomas were awarded to the second generation of the Transitional Justice School students.