NO-OBLIVION

Promoting Universal Jurisdiction while Evoking the Crimes Committed within the Former Yugoslavia

Project description 

NO-OBLIVION aims to reflect on the conflicts of the former Yugoslavia, preserving lessons learned post-war and safeguarding a European legacy of human rights, rule of law, and peace.

NO-OBLIVION “Promoting Universal Jurisdiction while Evoking the Crimes Committed within the Former Yugoslavia” looks back at the conflicts of the former Yugoslavia to, through a victim-centric and jurisprudential lens, preserve the lessons learnt in the aftermath of these conflicts and ultimately safeguard an European legacy of respect for human rights, peace and the rule of law.

To this effect the project will deploy a holistic and intergenerational two-fold approach: by employing a comprehensive awareness-raising campaign directed at younger generations, and further expanded to the general public; and by setting up the groundwork for increasing the knowledge of justice professionals on Universal Jurisdiction and International Criminal Law.

Objectives

  • Promote greater intergenerational awareness of the atrocities committed in the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.
  • Ensure the perpetuation of social justice and redress for the victims of the Yugoslavian conflicts and the coming generations.
  • Capacitate judges, prosecutors, and lawyers to act in an efficient and human-centric manner, especially when in contact with International Criminal Law and Universal Jurisdiction.
  • Promote the rule of law, human and fundamental rights towards more democratic societies devoid of extremism and authoritarianism.
  • Lay the groundwork for enhancing the mechanism of universal jurisdiction and strengthen the knowledge of justice professionals and young graduates in international crimes.
  • Educate on the relevance of protecting democracy and fundamental rights by exploring the lessons learned from Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

What we aim to achieve

  • Integration, within the project, of young graduates and undergraduates from the fields of Law, Criminology, International Relations, History and Sociology to deliver new academic contributions related to the topic.
  • Organise different events such as multigenerational talks, conferences, virtual exhibitions, livestream movie screenings and performing arts showcases.
  • Develop informative materials: an Academic Journal, a Case-Law Booklet and a guiding infographic for practitioners and academics.

Expected results 

  • Two co-creation laboratories
  • A Former Yugoslavia Memorializing database
  • A Youth delegates database
  • A one and a half-day online conference
  • An essay writing competition
  • A Memory Lane Journal
  • The Memory Lane Online Conference
  • A network of Justice professionals
  • A Case-law Practical Booklet
  • Universal Jurisdiction Roundtables
  • Universal Jurisdiction Virtual Guiding Tree
  • Remembering through Art exhibition
  • Remembering through Art documentary screening events
  • Remembering through Balkan Arts festival

Promoter

The European Association for Social Innovation, Romania

Partners

Centre for Security Studies, Bosnia and Herzegovina

IPS_Innovative Prisons Systems, Portugal

Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Serbia

DOCUMENTA, Croatia

Kosovo Center of Diplomacy, Kosovo

Victim Support Europe, Belgium

Camino, Germany

Timeframe

1.05.2024 – 30.04.2025 (12 months)

Project website

Funding

EACEA | European Commission (CERV-2023-CITIZENS-REM)

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.