(srpski) Srbija će morati sama sebi da prizna istinu i uperi prstom u krivce za genocid u Srebrenici
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On the occasion of marking the 29 years since the Srebrenica genocide, the Humanitarian Law Center organised a public debate on July 10, 2024, titled “ReConstruction of Responsibility – Social Memory of Genocide”. The aim of the debate was to stimulate critical reflection on the political discourse constructed around the genocide, in which the nation becomes a defensive mechanism that avoids and prevents discussion about responsibility.
The debate featured presentations by Marija Mandić, a linguist and senior research associate at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory; Milan St. Protić, a historian and diplomat; and Srđan Milošević, a lawyer and historian. They spoke about how we talk about Srebrenica today, the relationship between responsibility and guilt, and the role of the nation in the official narrative.
Jovana Kolarić, coordinator and researcher at HLC, moderated the debate, and opened it by presenting court-established facts about the legal qualification of the Srebrenica genocide through final judgments of international courts. She mentioned that the Office of War Crimes Prosecutor, in its 20 years of existence, has filed only five indictments for crimes committed in July 1995 related to Srebrenica. None of these indictments mention genocide, and in three of them, Srebrenica is not mentioned at all. However, although these facts are rarely discussed in Serbia except when they are denied, Srebrenica is still talked about.
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Germany represents a unique case of a society that was forced to confront its past twice within a span of 50 years. The first confrontation occurred after World War II, when the Nuremberg Trials brought the leaders of the defeated state before an international tribunal, with the victors of the war serving as judges. The second confrontation with the past was imposed on German society after the reunification of the divided Germany into a single state in 1989.
On the occasion of marking the 29 years since the Srebrenica genocide, the Humanitarian Law Center invites you to the debate “ReConstruction of responsibility – societal memory of genocide” featuring:
How do we talk about Srebrenica? In what ways is the concept of responsibility being abused to grant social amnesty to perpetrators? Why is accepting responsibility interpreted as a danger to the nation?
The debate will take place on July 10, 2024, at 5:30 PM, Prostor Miljenko Dereta (Dobračina 55).
Simultaneous translation into English is provided
The Humanitarian Law Center expresses its protest against the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia to ban the festival “Mirëdita, dobar dan!” and demands that Minister Ivica Dačić urgently revoke the decision and ensure the peaceful conduct of this cultural event.
The institutions of the Republic of Serbia are obliged to provide their citizens and all participants of the festival with freedom of expression and movement, as well as to guarantee safety during the festival.
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[Fred Abrahams covered the Kosovo conflict for Human Rights Watch. He wrote the book Modern Albania and co-wrote A Village Destroyed: War Crimes in Kosovo. Marija Ristic covered Serbian war crimes trials as a journalist for local and international media.]
This April, a modest courtroom in Belgrade, Serbia, offered a lens into the global debate on justice for atrocity crimes. The case dealt with mass killings in Kosovo committed 25 years ago but the topic has relevance for Sudan, Ukraine, Israel/Palestine and other conflicts today.
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