MIP participates in the conference “Srebrenica: three decades of struggle for truth, justice, future” in Sarajevo
On 26 and 27 November 2025, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) participated in a conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, entitled Srebrenica: three decades of struggle for truth, justice, future, organised by the Association “Movement of Mothers of the Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves” and the Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide.
On the second day of the conference, MIP Coordinator Ms. Rada Pejić-Sremac participated in a panel discussion entitled Srebrenica: from genocide to collective memory. Ms. Pejić-Sremac spoke about the importance of the ICTY and IRMCT archival material for preserving the memory of the genocide in Srebrenica, as well as the challenges the MIP faces in communicating judicially established facts related to Srebrenica and other crimes adjudicated before the ICTY and the IRMCT. She discussed the tools the MIP uses in this regard, including presenting judicially established facts to the wider public – especially young people – through social media campaigns, as well as through work with history teachers and law faculties across the region.
The other participants of the panel included: Ms. Branka Vierda, independent researcher and educator in the field of transitional justice; Mr. Emir Suljagić, Director of the Memorial Center Srebrenica; and Mr. Denis Džidić, Executive Director at the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Bosnia and Herzegovina. The panel was moderated by Ms. Lejla Gračanica, Human Rights Officer for Transitional Justice, UN OHCHR.
The MIP’s participation in this conference forms part of the Programme’s efforts to support projects and events organised by civil society organisations active in the field of transitional justice in the region of the former Yugoslavia.
The aim of the MIP is to improve the knowledge and understanding of citizens and communities in the countries of the former Yugoslavia about the crimes committed during the conflicts of the 1990s, based on the jurisprudence of the ICTY and the Mechanism. The MIP is funded by the European Union.
On 26 and 27 November 2025, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) participated in a conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, entitled Srebrenica: three decades of struggle for truth, justice, future, organised by the Association “Movement of Mothers of the Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves” and the Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide.
On the second day of the conference, MIP Coordinator Ms. Rada Pejić-Sremac participated in a panel discussion entitled Srebrenica: from genocide to collective memory. Ms. Pejić-Sremac spoke about the importance of the ICTY and IRMCT archival material for preserving the memory of the genocide in Srebrenica, as well as the challenges the MIP faces in communicating judicially established facts related to Srebrenica and other crimes adjudicated before the ICTY and the IRMCT. She discussed the tools the MIP uses in this regard, including presenting judicially established facts to the wider public – especially young people – through social media campaigns, as well as through work with history teachers and law faculties across the region.
The other participants of the panel included: Ms. Branka Vierda, independent researcher and educator in the field of transitional justice; Mr. Emir Suljagić, Director of the Memorial Center Srebrenica; and Mr. Denis Džidić, Executive Director at the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Bosnia and Herzegovina. The panel was moderated by Ms. Lejla Gračanica, Human Rights Officer for Transitional Justice, UN OHCHR.
The MIP’s participation in this conference forms part of the Programme’s efforts to support projects and events organised by civil society organisations active in the field of transitional justice in the region of the former Yugoslavia.
The aim of the MIP is to improve the knowledge and understanding of citizens and communities in the countries of the former Yugoslavia about the crimes committed during the conflicts of the 1990s, based on the jurisprudence of the ICTY and the Mechanism. The MIP is funded by the European Union.