CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Moggs, Isabella |
|---|---|
| Title | Addressing War Crime Denial in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Support for memorialisation and commemoration projects combatting war crime denial. |
| Summary | This paper addresses the human rights issue of war crime denial in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the end of 2017, the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia officially closed. Whilst the Tribunal made a significant contribution to prosecuting perpetrators of mass human rights violations during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992-1995, widespread war crime denial still exists at the political and societal level. Consequently, memorialisation and commemoration of victims outside the dominant Bosnian Serb narrative of the conflict are marginalised, creating an obstacle to the transitional justice process and victim’s rights. At the local level, there are many projects working on memorialisation and victim commemoration, however, these face significant logistical and political challenges. This paper sets out the historical framework of the current issue of war crime denial in Republika Srpska followed by a literature review on dealing with the past and memorialisation practices. Then, this paper presents the scope of the field of projects working on memorialisation in Republika Srpska identifying the challenges they face, best practice examples and solutions to support local initiatives combatting war crime denial through memorialisation and commemorative activities. The practical component developed from this research is a ‘Practical Guide for Memorialisation and Commemorative Practices in Republika Srpska’ to be distributed to local initiatives working in this area. |
| Supervisor | Szilagyi, Csaba |
| Department | Legal Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/moggs_isabella.pdf |
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