Jusić spoke about justice and accountability for war survivors in New York

In November 2021, the United Kingdom government took the first step toward
creating an international platform to support tens of thousands of children who have
been marginalized and stigmatized by their families and societies due to the
circumstances of their conception.

This platform aims to address the challenges faced by children born as a result of
war, categorize them based on priority needs, propose solutions, and establish a
framework for their coordinated implementation.

The “Forgotten Children of War” Association has played an active role in developing
this platform, contributing through participation in the Survivor Advisory Group.
Recently, the Association’s president, Ajna Jusić, had the opportunity to attend a
series of meetings in New York, including a key session of the High-Level
International Alliance for the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI).
A major focus of this meeting was to provide a platform for survivors to voice their
needs directly to top decision-makers. In her speech, Ajna Jusić addressed the

critical issues of justice and accountability, stressing the importance of strengthening
both national and international mechanisms – legal, formal, and judicial – to ensure
more stringent measures for prosecuting sexual violence crimes in conflict.
Her remarks emphasized a survivor-centered approach to justice, which allows
survivors to define what justice means for them, involves them in peace processes
and transitional justice, and ensures that peace agreements do not grant impunity to
perpetrators of sexual violence during wartime.