Yesterday, a press conference was held at UNS Press Center in Belgrade in order to present the project Support to Victims in War Crime Trials. The conference outlined the goals and activities of the project, outlined the problems faced by victim witnesses before, during and after the trial, as well as the importance of the support provided to victims both …

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, …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

“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, …

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 …

After the summer break, workshops began at the IAN premises in Belgrade.