{"id":2078,"date":"2025-07-08T12:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idmedia.mk\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:19:31","slug":"amnesties-and-transitional-justice-in-north-macedonia-reconciliation-or-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idmedia.mk\/en\/amnesties-and-transitional-justice-in-north-macedonia-reconciliation-or-evasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesties and Transitional Justice in North Macedonia \u2013 Reconciliation or Evasion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2078\" class=\"elementor elementor-2078\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcdcf75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fcdcf75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65a726e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65a726e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In this episode, we dive into a topic with deep historical and political weight \u2014 the Law on Amnesty and its impact on transitional justice processes in North Macedonia. 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