The Project aims to increase accountability for war crimes in the Western Balkans region, support victims' committed during the 1990s. This will strengthen the rule of law, help the EU accession processes, and contribute to establishing a more favorable environment for solidarity, reconciliation, and sustainable peace in the region, leaving more resilient communities.

Budget:                            455,174.49 EUR / 486,297.53 USD

Main project partner:     Ministry of Justice

Project duration:             1 January 2023 – 31 December 2026 

Objective 

• Better equip judicial and law enforcement authorities to handle war crime cases at the domestic level, including through multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches.
• Improve conditions for regional cooperation in war crimes proceedings through bilateral and multilateral high- and technical-level peer-to-peer meetings and policy dialogues.
• Provide expertise and support to enhance a stronger victim-centered and gender-responsive approach in the handling of domestic war crime cases and increase the delivery of support services to victims and witnesses, including by strengthening the capacities of CSOs through the rolling out of a sub-granting scheme.
• Support grassroots actors and young opinion leaders, including through the provision of grants, to raise public awareness of past crimes and promote dialogues and exchanges amongst youth, journalists, historians, academics, students, local community actors, and others.