From the introduction:

This chapter looks at civil society efforts for transitional justice undertaken in the former Yugoslavia. It will shed light on how the civil societies in three Yugoslav successor states – Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro – deal with their past and to what extent their joint initiatives play out differently in varying national contexts.

The chapter focuses on the RECOM initiative, which aims at establishing a truth commission to find facts, support victims and prevent the resurgence of conflict. The truth commission proposed by RECOM is special in two respects that make researching it a valuable contribution to this volume. Firstly, RECOM is planned by a variety of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), characterizing it as a civil society project. Secondly, RECOM would be the first truth commission not confined to one nation, but operating transnationally in Yugoslavia’s successor states. Hence, it constitutes an intriguing case study of civil society cooperation in the Western Balkans.