Photo Credit: Korab Krasniqi Dardan Hoti One of the biggest actual challenges is how to properly deal with a variety of issues that affect the essence of the society. When the past is locked inside the drawer of history, the present is burdened and there is no room left for change. Often, this is a consequence of political interference because […]

Elma Selman To paraphrase Idith Zertal (Zertal, 1998), we never deal with the past in isolation, but rather with its manifestations and its (mis)uses, which are often politically driven, and with how it relates to the present, and how it determines the future. It is not possible to simply “leave the past in the past”, which many politicians from our […]

Erëmirë Krasniqi, Oral History Kosovo ​ Exhibition: Reconciliation of Blood Feuds Campaign 1990-1991, held from April 25 to May 21, 2018 in the campaign’s birthplace, Peja Reconciliation of Blood Feuds Campaign The Reconciliation of Blood Feuds Campaign began in 1990 as a call for unity among Albanians of Kosovo. As Milošević gained power, the constitution of 1974 was abolished, rendering Kosovo vulnerable […]

The competition is open to both established and unpublished authors writing in Albanian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian or Serbian. Competition Theme The theme for the first two Biber competitions was reconciliation, but this time we have expanded it. In addition to stories about reconciliation in the context of the aftermath of the wars and violence in the countries of former […]

Source: balkaninsight.com​ The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network published a major report on post-conflict justice in the former Yugoslavia, highlighting regional challenges in dealing with issues like war crimes prosecutions, missing persons and victims’ participation in judicial processes. BIRN’s newly-published report, ‘After the ICTY: Accountability, Truth and Justice in the Former Yugoslavia’, maps out current challenges in regional cooperation over war crimes prosecutions […]

TRAVNIK, Bosnia and Herzegovina — The school in this medieval town is divided by a flimsy metal fence and the legacy of war. Each day, children stream into the same school building, only to study separately, using separate textbooks, while learning in different languages. The ethnic Croatians from the suburbs are taught in the right side of the building. They […]

Interview with Kemal Šalaka, peace activist On Saturday, November 10, we had the opportunity to host Kemal Šalaka, a peace activist and a former under-aged soldier of the Army of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war of the 90s. In a very open discussion, Kemal talked about his motives to become a soldier during the war, to demobilize […]

1918-2018: Building peace – lessons from World War One Youth seminar  Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Sarajevo 7-13/11/2018   Organization: Youth Initiative for Human Rights Bosnia and Herzegovina, Forum ZFD Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Embassy of Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the Embassy of France in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support of the German […]

Revisiting Dealing with the Past and Transitional Justice in the Balkans This conference brings together scholars from diverse academic fields, and practitioners working from different thematic and theoretical paradigms, to explore approaches to dealing with the past and transitional justice in the Yugoslav successor states and beyond. Agenda

I was imprisoned in Omarska concentration camp. There’s a growing danger it could happen again. That’s why I’m working with young people to help stop it. During the 1990s, I witnessed first-hand the horrific consequences of the rise of ethnic nationalism in my country, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I was born in Prijedor, one of the regions most severely affected during […]

Seminar cycle for educators, teachers, student-teachers, museum professionals and NGO-representatives from Bosnia and Herzegovina, France and Germany. 30.9.-6.10. 2018: First seminar in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Spring 2019: Second seminar in France; Fall 2019: Third seminar in Germany Joint Memory Lab-project organized by the Forum ZFD Bosnia and Herzegovina (Soraja Zagic / Michel Parente), the History Museum Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tijana […]

Source: Memorylab Seminar cycle for teachers, museum professionals, NGO-representatives and artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France and Germany. 30 September – 6 October 2018: First seminar in Germany; Spring 2019: Second seminar in France; Fall 2019: Third seminar in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Joint Memory Lab-project organized by Max-Mannheimer-Study-Centar Dachau (Magdalena Geier), Memorial de Rivesaltes (Elodie Montes), History […]