Transitional Justice

Dokufest attendees enter the Lumbardhi Bahce in Prizren for the festival’s opening, passing a mural of a butterfly with the festival slogan ‘New Order’. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Dokufest’s Spotlight on Palestine Takes Festival Into Sensitive Territory

The Dokufest film festival's programme boldly focused on Palestine and Ukraine, defying concerns expressed by some other cultural festival organisers that highlighting the Palestinians' plight can put funding at risk.

Photographers Reflect on Documenting Kosovo War in an interview to BIRN's Jeta Xharra. Photo: BIRN

Photographers Reflect on Documenting Kosovo’s 1990s Turmoil

Four photographers who showcased their work from the 1990s at BIRN’s Reporting House explain how difficult it was to document the hardships Kosovo faced until its liberation in 1999.

Protests held after Tasic sentenced halved

Demonstrators gathered outside the Palace of Justice on Thursday to protest against the Court of Appeals’ decision to halve the prison sentence of Darko Tasic, who in June was convicted of war crimes for his role in the Krusha e Madhe massacre.

Karadzic verdict creates only an illusion of justice

It is almost meaningless to celebrate the victory of ‘justice’ in the Radovan Karadzic appeal verdict while the politics of denying war crimes flourishes all over the Balkans.

‘The Special Court’ gets new American prosecutor

US lawyer Jack Smith has been appointed as the new Specialist Prosecutor at the The Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers after the departure of his predecessor raised concerns that cases could be delayed.