Balkan Transitional Justice Programme

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is launching a call for small project proposals based on exploring the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and local courts in ex-Yugoslav countries that dealt with war crimes cases.

Grants are offered to ten journalists, artists, historians and civil society activists to cover topics related to memorialisation of the courts’ archives in order to promote truth, justice, accountability and other topics related to dealing with the past. The selected grantees will be mentored by BIRN staff during the process.

Journalists, artists, historians and civil society activists willing to dig deeper in the archives of the ICTY and national courts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.

10 grants; €2,000 per grantee.

Small projects on exploring archives of the ICTY and local courts that dealt with war crimes cases in former Yugoslav countries. Your project can be an investigative story, video/short film, data visualisation, publication, exhibition, multimedia project, social media campaign or something else that comes to your mind. In short, anything that will creatively use courts’ archives in order to promote truth, justice and accountability in the Balkans. Through your project, you can explore the questions such as criminal justice, victims’ testimonies, missing persons, reparations, lustration, responsibility or other issues related to transitional justice and dealing with the past.

The project’s aim is to promote and disseminate the archives of the international and local courts, in order to build capacities of target groups to use legacies of courts to fight denial and disinformation among Western Balkan societies, thus increasing their intercultural dialogue and prospects for reconciliation.

The grantees will have around six months to dig deeper and research their ideas, and will also have the opportunity to work with experienced editors and mentors to guide them through the process.

All further information regarding the application process can be found in our application guidelines.

To apply, send the following documents to nejra.mulaomerovic@birnnetwork.org with the subject “Balkan Transitional Justice Programme grant application”:

• Resume (CV)
• Letter of motivation
• Completed application form
• Link to or copy of example of published work
• Any other relevant documents

The deadline for sending your application is May 8, 2022. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

For more information, please refer to the website of organisation.