Report from the Protest against Kosovo Independence

I personally had a chance to observe the events happening in front of the Turkish Embassy before, during, and after the Serbian protest against the independence of Kosovo on 21 February 2008.


IBA calls on Serbia’s authorities to protect human rights defenders from attacks

The International Bar Association (IBA)’s Human Rights Institute has expressed grave concern for the safety of prominent human rights defenders in Serbia, following comments made by political party leaders inciting action against them.


Serbian Human Rights Defenders at Risk

The radicalization of the Serbian political scene since Kosovo’s declaration of independence on Sunday has put the country’s few, though dedicated, human rights defenders and liberally-oriented politicians at risk. Not since 1999, when Serbian forces under Slobodan Milosevic’s direction were ethnically cleansing Kosovo of its Albanian inhabitants, have Serbian human rights defenders been so vulnerable.


Serbia: Stop attacks on human rights activists and on minorities

Amnesty International is calling on the Serbian authorities and specifically Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica and President Boris Tadić to urgently condemn attacks on human rights activists and on ethnic minorities in the country.


Third Regional Forum On Mechanisms of Truth-seeking and Truth-telling About War Crimes Committed in the Former Yugoslavia

The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), the Research and Documentation Center (RDC), and Documenta, are organizing a Third Regional Forum on Mechanisms of Truth-seeking and Truth-telling about War Crimes Committed in the former Yugoslavia (Forum) on 11 and 12 February 2008 in Belgrade.