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concerning the Second World War to annual book-length reports
concerning human rights in Serbia. Among these publications is a
compilation of contributions on the theme, Srebrenica: From Denial to
Confession, which she edited – issued in 2005, on the tenth anniversary
of the massacre (officially recognized as a genocide) of more than
8,000 Muslim men and boys by Serbian troops under the command of
General Ratko Mladić.
In 2005, she was included in a group of 1,000 Women for Peace
who were collectively nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Four
years later, she received the Human Rights Award of the City of Weimar,
and, in February 2010, she was honored, by Croatian President
Stjepan Mesić, with a high decoration for her contribution to the
promotion of human and civil rights, especially of minorities, and
for her contributions to the normalization of relations between Serbia
and Croatia. Later that year, in November 2010, she was invited to
Oslo, to receive the Lisl and Leo Eitingers Prize for Human Rights,
conferred by the University of Oslo. In a speech in her honor, Inga
Bostad, Pro-Rector of the University of Oslo, praised Biserko for
her commitment to “truth and human equality, freedom and moral
integrity.” In April 2011, Biserko was named an Honorary Citizen of
the city of Sarajevo, in recognition of her consistent opposition to
the aggression against Bosnia-Herzegovina during the years 1991—95,
and in 2012 she was recognized by the parliament of the Republic of
Kosovo for her contribution to advancing the social status of women.
The publications of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
in Serbia (many of them available as pdf documents at the Committee’s
website) have been used in both government and academic
circles, both at home and abroad. There are about 15,000 visits to the
Committee’s website on average every day.
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