Izabela Kisic is Executive director of the Helsinki committee for human rights, Serbia, one of the leading civil society organizations in Western Balkans. She has a vast experience in empowering minority communities in the region after violent conflict. 

Working on dialogue among activists from Serbia and Kosovo, she organized the first post-war conference “The Future Status of Kosovo” (Pristina, 2005) bringing together high officials of the Kosovo government, local Serbian minority representatives, the progressive Belgrade opposition and international representatives to discuss crucial political, security and human rights issues.

 In a number of media studies she detected and analyzed nationalistic narratives, hate speech, smear campaigns, character assassination and its consequences. As an expert in the area o prevention of violent extremism, Kisic was participant and speaker at number of international conferences and workshops.

Deconstructing patriarchal narratives Kisić made film documentaries: “Women who killed their abusers” and “What right wing women want”. 

She is active in international human rights networks such as the Civic Solidarity Platform, and focuses on strengthening the role of civil society organizations in OSCE.  

As a journalist, she worked in various independent media, including daily “Danas”.