Dealing with the Past as a Cornerstone of Normalization

Dealing with the Past as a Cornerstone of Normalization is a project led by New Social Initiative (NSI), in cooperation with the Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo (HLCK), the Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (KRCT), Integra, and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights Kosovo (YIHR KS). The project aims to integrate transitional justice principles into the Kosovo–Serbia normalization process and broader reconciliation efforts in Kosovo. By promoting truth, justice, reparations, and guarantees of non-recurrence, the project seeks to strengthen democratic development, social cohesion, and sustainable peace.

As part of the project, the partners will implement the following activities:

• Development and advocacy of a policy paper on Dealing with the Past in the Kosovo–Serbia dialogue
• Legal analysis and development of legislative reform proposals to strengthen Kosovo’s transitional justice framework
• Development of a civil society-led monitoring framework to assess the implementation of transitional justice policies
• Advocacy for legal changes enabling double pensions for civilian war victims
• Promotion of remembrance and societal engagement with transitional justice through public commemorations and an inclusive national memorialization policy

Duration: 18 months (February 2026 – July 2027)

Funded by: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), through its Peace and Human Rights Division