Transitional justice in focus

President Nataša Pirc Musar urged the government to fully tackle the worst human rights violation in Slovenia’s history as she honoured the erased, the thousands...

07.02.2025.

S.N. perches on the edge of a sofa, her lips trembling as she recalls the events of April 21, 1999, when she was among some...

10.12.2024.

Today marks the thirty-second anniversary of the abduction of sixteen Bosniak civilians from Sjeverin (Priboj, Serbia). On October 22, 1992, members of the Serbian paramilitary...

23.10.2024.

Belgrade Higher Court confirmed to BIRN that proceedings against former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Jovan Lipovac, who was one of four ex-fighters on trial in...

11.03.2024.

On February 5, 2024, the Trial Panel of the Special Department of the Basic Court in Prishtinë/Priština issued acquittal verdict against the accused Zlatan Arsić...

06.02.2024.

On February 2, 2024, the Trial Panel of the Special Department of the Basic Court in Pristina pronounced the verdict against the accused Duško Arsić,...

06.02.2024.

Book review: Denisa Kostovicova, Reconciliation by Stealth: How People Talkabout War Crimes, Cornell University Press, 2023. Jasna Dragović – Soso When it comes to the...

23.10.2023.

The two Srebrenica-related prosecutions in Serbia that were concluded with plea bargains were the cases against Miomir Jasikovac, wartime military police commander of the Bosnian...

11.07.2023.

Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj is running for a seat in parliament again at general elections next month, despite having a war crime conviction...

07.03.2022.

Years after the 1990s wars, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia have continued to slowly prosecute wartime crimes – but with increasing numbers of ageing...

27.08.2021.

Dragoljub Ojdanic, who was the chief of the general staff of the Yugoslav Army and served a sentence for crimes against Kosovo Albanians during the...

07.09.2020.

Several Bosniaks were saved by courageous interventions from individual Serbs who defied potential risks to help neighbours during wartime in the town of Vlasenica in...

10.06.2020.

Two convicted war criminals hope to be elected as MPs at next month’s polls in Serbia, while several other people who are wanted by the...

26.05.2020.

The experience of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission shows that much more clarity is needed before a similar process can be applied successfully to...

06.05.2020.

Men who were raped or sexually assaulted during the 1992-95 Bosnian war have long been reluctant to speak out for fear of stigmatisation, but now...

27.04.2020.

Over 120 children are estimated to have been killed during the 1992-95 war in the Bosnian town of Gorazde, where attacks continued even after the...

03.04.2020.