The paper is interested in memorialization, as one of the mechanisms of transitional justice, in former Yugoslavia in general, but in Croatia in particular. The paper is theoretically grounded in transitional justice theories related to memorialization, as well as in memory studies. It analyses memorials, official celebrations, commemorations and other commemorative practices relating to certain war events from the 1991-1995 or the 'Homeland War' in Croatia. The paper is interested in how the official narrative about the war is challenged and contested by certain transitional justice mechanisms, such as trials and indictments for war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and how this contestation is reflected in official commemorative practices. It also looks at similar examples from other post-war societies of former Yugoslavia. Compared to previous, mostly state-centred and elite focused research, this approach aims to reveal more nuanced aspects and understandings of memorialization and commemorative practices and their different forms.
