Le président serbe Tomislav Nikolic nie le génocide à Srebrenica, en Bosnie

PODGORICA, 1 juin 2012 (AFP) – Le président serbe Tomislav Nikolic a nié l’existence d’un génocide en 1995 à Srebrenica, en Bosnie, déclaration qui remet en cause son prétendu abandon de l’ultranationalisme et qui va dégrader les relations dans une région toujours profondément marquées par les guerres des années 1990.


American Academicians in HLC

A group of American academicians visited the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) on Friday, May 25th, 2012 as part of their political study visit, which is aimed at researching of how Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have changed after the toppling of Milošević. The study group is lead by Nicholas Wood, a former New York Times reporter in the region, and it gathers journalists, publicists, businessmen, and former ambassadors. In her opening address, Nataša Kandić, the HLC Executive Director, spoke about the current political situation in the country and the need for the society to deal with the past as soon as possible.


Hearing victims without detention – Rrahman Elshani and Bekim Istog

Rrahman Elshani and Bekim Istogu gave their statements before the First Primary Court in Belgrade on Monday, May 21st, 2012 in the compensation lawsuit against the Republic of Serbia initiated because of its liability for unlawful detention and torture that these persons suffered during the years of 1999 and 2000. The HLC initiated the proceedings on behalf of Elshani and Istogu on April 26th, 2010.


Audit report 2011

Audit report 2011

Students from Kosovo Visit HLC

Students from Kosovo, who attend the Young Leaders School organized by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights from Priština/Prishtinë visited the Humanitarian Law Center on April 17th, 2012. They talked to Marijana Toma, who manages the Transitional Justice Education programme, and Dušan Jovanović, a member of the HLC team working on the identification of perpetrators of war crimes.


Students from New York Visit Humanitarian Law Center

A group of students from The New School for Public Engagement from New York visited the Humanitarian Law Center. The students will stay in the region for two months during which they will do internships in non-governmental organizations and state institutions in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Albania. Sandra Orlović, the HLC Deputy Executive Director, Dušan Jovanović, a member of the HLC team working on the identification of perpetrators of war crimes, and Katarina Janković, who is in charge of the HLC Outreach activities, talked to the students.