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Justice in post-conflict societies

The topics of this lecture are the philosophical concept of justice in post-conflict societies, how to achieve justice in the aftermath of atrocities, justice as a socially defined concept, and the distinction between individual and collective guilt and responsibility.

 

Establishing justice for crimes in the past 

The goal of this lecture is to present a definition and historical foundation for transitional justice, and its main objectives and the mechanisms to achieve these goals, through the presentation of examples of countries with successful and unsuccessful experiences in dealing with the burden of massive human rights violations in the past.

 

Trials before the ICTY – Srebrenica

The goal of this lecture is to present the facts established at the ICTY about the genocide committed in Srebrenica in summer 1995. During the lecture, students are presented with evidence, video clips of witnesses’ testimonies, and the rest of the materials used at the ICTY trials for Srebrenica.

 

Trials before the ICTY – Vukovar

The goal of this lecture is to present the facts established at the ICTY about war crimes committed in Vukovar in fall 1991. During the lecture, students are presented with   evidence, video clips of witnesses’ testimonies, and the rest of the materials used at the ICTY trials for Vukovar.

 

Trials before the ICTY – Oluja /Operation Storm

The goal of this lecture is to present the facts established at the ICTY about war crimes committed during operation Storm in Croatia in summer 1995. During the lecture, students are presented with evidence, video clips of witnesses’ testimonies, and the rest of the materials used at the ICTY trials for Operation Storm.

 

Trials before the ICTY – Kosovo

The goal of this lecture is to present the facts established at the ICTY about war crimes committed during armed conflict in Kosovo 1998/1999. During the lecture, students are presented with evidence, video clips of witnesses’ testimonies, and the rest of the materials used at the ICTY trials for crimes in Kosovo. The topics which are the focus of these lectures are the mass killings and deportation of Kosovo Albanians by Serbian forces, joint criminal enterprise and KLA camps.

 

Establishing facts about crimes: Truth commissions

The goal of this lecture is to introduce non-judicial mechanisms for the establishment of facts, such as truth commissions, their   historical development, their main features (investigative function, focus on victims, victims hearings), as well as examples of successful and unsuccessful truth commissions in post-conflict societies.

 

Establishing facts: Truth-seeking mechanisms in former Yugoslavia

The topic of this lecture is to introduce and analyze previous attempts  at truth-seeking mechanisms in former Yugoslavia – the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the  Investigative Commission for events in Srebrenica between  the  10th and  19th of July 1999.

 

Archives on human rights and collective memory 

The topic of this lecture is the role of archives for human rights in preserving the collective memory in post-conflict societies, as well as examples of countries with successful and unsuccessful practices in the opening of archives which offer evidence of massive human rights violations from the past.

 

RECOM Initiative –Reconciliation after a violent conflict?

The topic of this lecture is the initiative for the establishment of RECOM (the Regional Commission for establishing the facts about the war crimes and other serious violations of human rights in the former Yugoslavia in the period 1991-2001), which will lead to the establishment of official and objective recording of war crimes and other serious breaches of human rights, and recognize victims and their suffering.

 

Acknowledgement of victims: Administrative reparations

The goal of this lecture is to present the current status of legislation that prescribes the status and rights of victims of war and human rights violations in Serbia, practice related to the status and rights of victims of war and problems of non-recognition of victims.

 

Acknowledgement of victims: Judicial reparations

The topic of this lecture are the  difficulties that victims of war crimes and human rights violations experience during trials before national courts for reparations, such as secondary victimization, lack of empathy from judges, long court procedures and often belated justice.

 

Acknowledgement of victims: Symbolic reparations

The goal of this lecture is to present symbolic reparations to the victims of war and human rights violations. It presents good practices around the world, as well as successful examples from the region.

 

Guarantees of non-repetition: Institutional reform

The goal of this lecture is to present mechanisms and models for the reform of institutions that participated in or enforced human rights violations, as one of the mechanisms for the establishment of justice in post-conflict societies. It also presents examples of countries with successful and unsuccessful reforms of institutions.

 

Conflicted memories: Jasenovac

The goal of this lecture is to present the political manipulation and creation of the myth about Jasenovac, and the use of the symbol of Jasenovac as a political tool, as well as the manipulation of the number of people killed in this concentration camp during the Second World War.

 

Culture of Memory – the role of art in the process of post-traumatic healing

The goal of this lecture is to present the power of an art – poetry – in overcoming traumatic events from the past, through an analysis of poems on crimes and genocide.  It poses the question whether it is possible to strengthen the process of reconciliation using unorthodox methods, such as poetry or other  art work.

 

The role of the media in the process of reconciliation

The goal of this lecture is to explain the role of the media in the creation of vicious propaganda during the armed conflicts, contributing to heightening of stereotypes and the political manipulation of citizens during the  wars, and  thereby to the intensification  of the conflict. The lecture also highlights the role of the media in a post-conflict setting, explaining their role in the process of reconciliation.

 

Case study: Transitional justice in BiH

The goal of this lecture is to present the achievements and limitations of the transitional justice mechanisms implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an accent on the legislation addressing post-conflict issues, the achievements of war crimes trials, reparation measures, etc.

 

Case study – Transitional justice in Serbia

The goal of this lecture is to present the achievements and limitations of the transitional justice mechanisms implemented  now in Serbia up to the present, focusing on the four major areas of transitional justice:  establishment of truth, war crimes trials,   institutional reform and administrative, court and symbolic reparative measures.

 

Case study: Transitional justice in Kosovo

The goal of this lecture is to present the achievements and limitations of the transitional justice mechanisms implemented  in Kosovo up to the present, focusing on the four major areas of transitional justice:  establishment of truth, war crimes trials, institutional reform and administrative, court and symbolic reparative measures.

 

Presentation of Kosovo Memory Book

Presentation of Kosovo Memory Book, in which all the victims of the conflict in Kosovo in the period 1998-2000 are listed with their full names, which will lead to a minimization of the possible manipulation of the number of victims in the future.

Movie

‘Education for Reconciliation’ is a film produced by the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) on the Regional School for Transitional Justice, organized in January 2013, for 25 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia by HLC, HLC Kosovo and Association Pravnik from B&H.

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