High school students from the Meša Selimović Gymnasium in the town of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, today welcomed the return of Outreach representative Almir Alić, who had been asked back for a follow-up presentation, following a very succesful visit last year. On this occasion, Almir gave a more specialised presentation about the work of the Tribunal, focussing on crimes of wartime sexual violence. As on his previous...
“I had not been previously familiar with the work of the Tribunal and its functioning, so most of the information heard during today’s presentation were new to me”, was a comment by a 17-year old student that clearly conveys the purpose of the Outreach guest lectures in high schools in the region of the former Yugoslavia. During the two hour presentation, the high school students of the “Matija Mesić” Gymansium from Slavonski...
The very high level of interest generated among students at Sarajevo’s Second Gymnasium by a presentation on the work of the Tribunal given to them in February this year, prompted them to ask Outreach representative Almir Alić to return to the school and speak to them again. This time Almir spoke to his young audience about the Tribunal’s experiences with specific relation to the prosecution of crimes of wartime sexual violence...
Around 75 students from three universities in Skopje, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), this week attended presentations on the law and practice of the ICTY given by John Cubbon, a Senior Legal Officer in the Tribunal's Chambers. John’s first lecture was given at the University of Saint Cyril and Methodius on 14 May, with about 40 law students in attendance. The trainee advocates were attentive and interested throughout...
Around 250 students from four law faculties in Bosnia and Herzegovina attended presentations given by Aleksandar Kontić, a legal advisor with the Office of the Prosecutor. Some 50 students from the law faculties of the Džemal Bijedić University and the University of Mostar attended Aleksandar’s presentation on 8 May – this event being quite unusual, in that it brought together students from across the ethnic divide which has persisted...
