Sonja Biserko
Senior Fellow (January 2001-October 2001)

Areas of Specialization
Europe • Balkans (Former Republic of Yugoslavia) • Human rights in Russia, transitional justice, and truth commissions • Refugees • International and nongovernmental organizations

Project Focus
"Serbia versus Yugoslavia"

Background
Sonja Biserko, a seasoned diplomat with over twenty years in the foreign service of the former Yugoslavia, is currently the head of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia and a member of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights. Her recent work has focused on refugee resettlement issues in the former Yugoslav republics and efforts to promote regional dialogue between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo. She also has been involved in efforts to collect and document war crimes committed during the Bosnian conflict.

In 1991-92, Biserko was a founding member of the European Movement in Yugoslavia, the Center for Anti-War Action, and the Belgrade Forum for International Relations. She has organized programs to train lawyers in human rights and conducted projects on Croatian refugee resettlement and the establishment of an international tribunal on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. Biserko has written and edited several books examining the collapse of Yugoslavia, war crimes, and the radicalization of Serbian society. She holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Belgrade.

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