Commissioner Hammarberg launches a paper on post-war justice and durable peace in the former Yugoslavia
Strasbourg, 13/03/2012 – The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, will launch a paper on Post-war justice and durable peace in the former Yugoslavia on Monday 19 March, 2012, from 10:00 to 12:00 at the Holiday Inn in Sarajevo (Herzegovina Hall, Zmaja od Bosne 4, +387 33 288 000).
The event is open to the press.
The paper focuses on four major challenges and components of post-war justice in the region: the elimination of impunity; the provision of adequate and effective reparation to all war victims; the need to establish and recognise the truth concerning the gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law that occurred; and the need for institutional reforms to prevent any repetition of past events. The paper concludes with a number of recommendations addressed primarily to the states in the region concerned.