Today is the thirtieth anniversary of the kidnapping and murder of sixteen Bosniak civilians from Sjeverin (Priboj, Serbia). On October 22, 1992, members of the Serbian paramilitary formation Avengers, commanded by Milan Lukić, kidnapped sixteen passengers from Rudo – Priboj bus in the Bosnian village of Mioče near Višegrad. Fifteen men and one woman were […]

The Association for Social Research and Communication (UDIK) reminds the public of the 30th anniversary of the closure of the Sušica camp near Vlasenica, which was a camp for detaining, torturing, raping and killing Bosniaks from the Vlasenica area. Between May and September 1992, about 8,000 Bosniaks passed through the Sušica camp. In 2005, the International Criminal […]

Collective voice of participants in the “Roundtable with Civil Society from the Western Balkans on Challenges of European Integration” convened by the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU in cooperation with the CEELI Institute and the Forum 2000 Foundation. Prague, 8-9 September 2022. A. Critical Assessment of Current Situation in the Western Balkans […]

The shelling of the National Library on 25. August 1992 set the building ablaze and destroy millions of books, prompting widespread outrage and condemnation by the international public. It was qualified as the ‘cultural mutilation‘ of Sarajevo and an attempt to ‘erase Bosnia’s history’. Crimes against historical and cultural heritage during the wars in the […]

The Association for Social Research and Communication (UDIK) reminds the public of the 30th anniversary of the war crime in the village of Biljani in the region of Ključ. The attack on the village of Biljani started in the early morning hours of July 10, 1992, and was led by the 17th Light Infantry Brigade […]

The Association for Social Research and Communication (UDIK) reminds the public of the 30th anniversary of the war crimes that took place in Pionirska Street and Bikavac in Višegrad in June 1992. In the Pionirska Street Fire, on 14 June 1992, a group of Bosniak civilians were locked en masse in the house of Adem Omeragić in Višegrad. The […]

Regarding the statement by the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, made in a conversation with the German Defence Minister, Christine Lambrecht, in which he alleged that 82 children were killed in NATO attacks, with the comment “that our children are important and valuable to us”, as well as various statements of other […]

 The Association for Social Research and Communication (UDIK) reminds the public of the 30th anniversary of the war crimes against the Bosniaks of Čajniče. During May 1992, Bosniak civilians previously captured in the town or surrounding villages, as well as on the road to Pljevlja (Montenegro) while trying to escape the war, were killed at the hunting […]

The International Day for Monuments and Sites (World Heritage Day) is held on 18 April each year around the world with different types of activities, including visits to monuments and heritage sites, conferences, round tables and newspaper articles. It was proposed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and approved by the General […]

Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo in April 1992, the SENSE Center for Transitional Justice published the interactive narrative Sarajevo ‘92 -’95: Terror in 12 Pictures. The narrative shows how the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) reconstructed a 44-month campaign of artillery and sniper terror against the […]