Start of the project Support to victims in war crime trials On January 1st 2020, IAN began the implementation of the project Support to victims in war crime trials. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the strengthening of the rule of law and the process of transitional justice in the Western Balkans. Project activities are carried out in Bratunac and Belgrade and include the provision of psychological, … Read More
Support to victims in war crime trials Although more than two decades have passed since the armed conflict in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, many victims and survivors are still awaiting justice. Thousands of men and women, victims of war torture, living largely on the margins of society, continue to seek justice. Victim witnesses of war crimes need to be supported and psychologically prepared for the … Read More
Prison chronicles Nobody came out normal “I knew what it meant to be beaten, I used to get into fights, but that thing when you sit, stand in a cop shop and must not defend yourself, and don’t know from what direction they will whack you…I feel like vomiting even now when I hear the bullshit like ‘You cannot raise a child … Read More
Quest of a life program “There is a study that demonstrated that the stigma of psychiatric patients is constant. Stigmatization is a constant trait of history, we are branded and this will not change. But this does not mean that we don’t have to strive to change it, because stigma is made of the prejudices people have”. Dragan Jugović is the first psychiatric patient in … Read More
The right to live normally “As a parent of an autistic child, who has lived without support of the system and without my legal rights since my son was three and a half years old, I realized during this interview that it is a kind of torture. I do not know how much torture differs from violation of rights, maybe the word is too strong, … Read More
Movie “Reminiscence” Documentary about experiences of torture survivors. English subtitles available in settings-subtitles-English Read More
Guest appearance of Biljana Petrovic, IAN Executive Director, at N1 television Biljana Petrovic, Executive Director of IAN, talks about torture, the impunity of the perpetrators, the movie “Reminding” and the final conference of the project “Fight against Torture and Impunity”. Read More
Final conference on the project “Fight against Torture and Impunity” On Wednesday, November 20, 2019, the Aero Club in Belgrade hosted the final conference on the project “Fight against Torture and Impunity”. The project is implemented by IAN and YUCOM and is financially supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia and the Office for Cooperation with Civil Society of the Government of the Republic … Read More
Workshop for women After the summer break, workshops began at the IAN premises in Belgrade. Read More
IAN – CCI_ Prilep, Northern Macedonia, 19 July 2019 At the Regional Partnership Project “Comprehensive Action against Torture” implemented by IAN, the Center for Civic Initiatives Prilep (CCI) and the Center for Human Rights Nis, the supervision of the first center for rehabilitation of torture in Macedonia within the CCI, was held by the experts from the Center for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims IAN from Belgrade. During the … Read More
The Week of Support of Victims of Torture On the occasion of June 26th, International Day of Support to Victims of Torture, International Aid Network (IAN) organized THE WEEK OF SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE . A series of events in the cities of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Northern Macedonia, together with partner organizations, the Center for Human Rights of Nis and the Center … Read More
Press conference in Belgrade, June 26, 2019 IAN (International Aid Network) organized a press conference on June 26, the International Day for the Support of Victims of Torture. Topic: „Torture as trauma of one person and of the whole society“ Speakers: Jelena Lončarević, Program Manager on the project – Comprehensive rehabilitation and support to torture victims – how the project contributes to the prevention of torture; Leonetta … Read More
