Online screening of the documentary The Prosecutors

Victims dismissed as “collateral damage”. Survivors silenced. Criminals left unpunished. This is the history of sexual violence in conflict that lawyers are trying to change.

“Rape and pillage” are concepts as old as war itself. Certainly, war carries with it the idea of gathering the spoils found by those who stand victorious on the battlefield. But sexual violence is a war crime, not collateral damage, and it must be confronted. However, the risks and sacrifices involved in ensuring that the legal system provides justice for everyone run deep.

The Prosecutors is a feature length documentary that tells the story of three dedicated lawyers who fight to ensure that rape in war is not met with impunity. Filmed over five years on three continents, it takes viewers from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Bosnia and Herzegovina to Colombia on the long journey towards justice.

You can watch the thirty-minute version of the film for free from April 26 to May 9. After registration you will get the link and code which are needed to access the movie.

Registration is available here.

Report „The right to reparation in compensation lawsuits: the practice of Serbian courts 2017-2020“

In March 12^th, 2021 the Humanitarian Law Center presented the report „The right to reparation in compensation lawsuits: the practice of Serbian courts 2017-2020“.

This report covers the analysis of cases which were active in the period between 2017 and 2020. Since the duration of most of these cases is longer than three years, for the ease of following the course of the proceedings, this report gives a brief overview of the course of the proceedings even before 2017.

The report is divided into three parts. First part analyzes the legal framework that regulates the victims’ right to reparation in Serbia. Second part analyzes individual cases where the HLC represented the victims, while third part deals with the main problems that the HLC has identified in its work as key obstacles hindering the victims from vindicating their reparation claims.

The report is available on this link

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: The presentation of the report “The right to reparation in compensation lawsuits – the practice of Serbian courts 2017-2020”

On Friday, March 12, 2021, at 11 AM, via the Zoom platform, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) will present the report “The right to reparation in compensation lawsuits – the practice of Serbian courts 2017-2020”.
This report analyses the course of the litigation proceedings that were active in the period between 2017 and 2020. However, since most of these proceedings have lasted for more than three years, for the ease of following the course of the cases, this report gives a brief overview of the proceedings even before 2017.

This report is divided into three parts. The first part analyses the legal framework that regulates the victims’ right to reparation in Serbia. The second part analyses individual cases in which the HLC represented the victims, while the third part refers to the main problems identified by the HLC as the key obstacles hindering the victims from vindicating their reparation claims before domestic courts.

(srpski) Digitalni narativ – Logori Šljivovica i Mitrovo Polje

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(srpski) Nova epizoda podkasta Kulture sećanja u dijalogu: O socioekonomskom nasilju i pravdi u Bosni i Hercegovini

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Round table: Public opinion without the public in the courtroom

The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) and the daily newspaper “Danas” invite you to a round table “Public opinion without the public in the courtroom” where a policy paper “Public Relations of Institutions Responsible for War Crimes Cases in the Republic of Serbia: Analysis of Key Issues and Improvement Recommendations” and the Public opinion poll on “The Awareness of Serbian Citizens about the Wars and War Crimes of the ‘90s, and War Crimes Trials” will be presented. On this occasion, the findings on the implementation of the National Strategy for the Prosecution of War Crimes during 2020 will also be presented.

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: The XIII Forum for Transitional Justice in post-Yugoslav Countries

On December 21 and 22, the RECOM Reconciliation Network and Humanitarian Law Center are organising the XIII Forum for Transitional Justice in post-Yugoslav Countries.

The Forum for Transitional Justice is a platform for discussing contemporary topics related to different aspects of transitional justice in the post-Yugoslav space. This year, it is being held as an online event on the KUDO platform.

In three panels, the Forum participants will be discussing transitional justice in the region, as well as memorialisation, commemorations and the issue of missing persons in post-Yugoslav countries.

On the first day, December 21, two panels will be held.

(srpski) NAJAVA: Onlajn panel “Izgradnja nacionalnog ponosa: Spomenik Stefanu Nemanji i transformacija gradskih prostora u kontekstu politika sećanja”

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(srpski) Nova epizoda podkasta Kulture sećanja u dijalogu: Sa Filipom Ejdusom o Kosovu i Srbiji

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Online screening of the documentary “Depth Two”

From Monday, December 7, to Friday, December 11, 2020, you can watch online the documentary “Depth Two” about a mass grave discovered in Batajnica in 2001, where the bodies of hundreds of Kosovo Albanians – civilians killed during the war in Kosovo – were found.