26 Apr 13
Victims Feel Betrayed by Local War Crimes Trials
When the Hague Tribunal closes at the end of 2014, Balkan countries’ own courts will be responsible for all war crimes trials, but prosecutions are dogged by politics and differing interpretations of history.
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02 Apr 13
Kosovo War Victims Not Ready for Serbia Reconciliation
Kosovo has started work on a reconciliation strategy, but relatives of victims of the war and its violent aftermath are sceptical that justice can be done, 14 years after the conflict ended.
07 Dec 12
Ilijas War Victims Lament Justice’s Snail’s Pace
About 200 people from Ilijas were killed in spring 1992 following a Bosnian Serb assault on the town and surrounding villages – and over 50 remain missing. Yet almost no one has yet been held responsible.
12 Nov 12
Simic: No Peace Without Transitional Strategy
The former Yugoslavia is effectively still at war, and will stay that way until the countries of the region deal with the legacy of the past, claims Goran Simic, a Bosnian Transitional Justice expert.
25 Oct 12
Serbian Justice Dismays Lovas Atrocity Survivors
Survivors of a 1991 massacre in Croatia say a recent Belgrade court ruling let the Yugoslav Army off the hook - and hope a forthcoming trial in The Hague will do better.
20 Aug 12
Without Therapy Rape Victims Risk Lasting Trauma
Victims of wartime rape need expert support otherwise, they may live emotionless, robot-like lives, says the neuropsychologist Alma Bravo-Mehmedbasic.
04 May 12
Searching for Buried Truth at RTS
Delays and “missing” documents damage hopes for an official inquiry into NATO attack on state broadcaster.
06 Apr 12
Bosnia Still Living With Consequences of War
Twenty years after the start of the war, civilians and former soldiers are still suffering from the horrors they lived through, says Ismet Dizdarevic, a renowned social psychologist.
30 Mar 12
Silvana Boneva: No Excuses Remain to Oppose Lustration
Announcing Macedonia’s new lustration bill, the coordinator of the ruling VMRO DPMNE caucus in parliament says the left can no longer conceal its opposition behind complaints about bias and transparency.
12 Mar 12
War Victims in Croatia Punished by Courts
Some of the victims of war crimes in Croatia have been forced to pay court expenses after their claims for reparation failed.
20 Feb 12
Margarita Tsatsa – Nikolovska: Discontent in Macedonian Judiciary is Permanent
In an exclusive interview for the Balkan Insight, Judge Margarita Tsatsa – Nikolovska discusses the current hot legal topics in Macedonia, from lustration process to the shape of the nation’s judiciary.
10 Feb 12
Natasa Kandic: Serbia’s Bloodstained Army Boss Must Go
The denunciations of the Humanitarian Law Centre’s report on the head of the Serbian army reveal the strength of Milosevic’s ideology in Serbia today and the politicisation of the war crimes office.
War victims and experts agree that the forthcoming trial of the former Croatian Serb leader has the potential to fill in important gaps in people’s understanding of the conflict in Croatia.
15 Jul 11
Politics Brings Closure to Macedonia’s Hague Cases
Opposition parties and victims’ families say political necessity, not justice, has had the last word on four war-crimes cases involving ethnic Albanians that date back to 2001.
07 Feb 11
Missing Macedonians Remain Stuck in Freezer
Bodies of four Macedonians kidnapped in 2001 and found later that year remain stuck in a forensic institute, victims of a long row over their identification and over the identity of their killers.