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From hospital to concentration camp

The Hospital for Skeletal Diseases in Stolac was repurposed in the summer of 1993. Back then, one of the darkest chapters of the war history of Bosnia and Herzegovina started. Usually, it is the most innocent ones who pay the highest price for the madness of persons that target others for being different and consider...

When the world sleeps

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses Sarajevo on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

Slobodan Mrkajić: I survived a concentration camp, but I did not lose my faith in people

More than thirty years have passed since Slobodan Mrkajić had been detained at concentration camps in Konjic, Hadžići and Igman. Today, he lives in Rogatica. He is the president of the Association of Concentration Camp Detainees of Sarajevo-Romanija Region and Association of Union of Concentration Camp Detainees of Republika Srpska.

Together with the Centre for Non-Violent...

Victims of war torture between law and justice: Are concentration camp survivors and women victims of conflict-related sexual violence divided into ''ours'' and ''theirs''?

Concentration camp survivors, women victims of conflict-related violence, children that survived war trauma – all conflict-related victims who were not members of armed forces and who live or lived in Republika Srpska during the war should be protected, without any discrimination based on their ethnicity or gender. These are provisions of the Law on the...

Monetary reparations for families of victims of war: symbolism and facing the past

Monetary reparations by state institutions are not the end, but rather the beginning of the process of facing the past. They are an acknowledgment of wounds, but do not heal them. The families of victims request acknowledgment, truth and dignity. And that the crimes may never be repeated against anyone.

Author: Sanela Karaica

Demir Ličina from Bijelo...

Conflict, Peace, and Democracy: Analyzing Bosnia and Lebanon’s Experiences

Nikola Vučić Published in Association Network for Building Peace As a visiting scholar in Beirut, Lebanon, in fall 2023, I often found myself enjoying discussions with various actors on the challenges of peacebuilding in this multi-confessional country – particularly in a city that was once known as the Paris of the Middle East. However, these conversations with representatives of different […]

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Call for Application – Regional Research on Sound Art, Dealing with the Past, and Public Spaces

Terms of Reference (ToR) for “Regional Research on Sound Art, Dealing with the Past, and Public Spaces within the framework of the project Landscapes of Repair”

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Sound, Memory, and Public Spaces

From September 25 to 29, 2023, forumZFD Kosovo held a workshop on “Sound, Memory, and Public Places” in cooperation with the Centre for Narrative Practice in Prishtina/Kosovo and Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP) at the University of Arts London, and the Shortwave Collective. The workshop was part of forumZFD’s collaborative and transnational project Landscapes of Repair which was […]

DwP Column

DwP Column is a new media product of online platform about dealing with the past www.dwp-balkan.org. DwP Column is regional online platform for constructive reflection on the topics related to dealing with the past for the purpose of strengthening constructive and open approach on the regional level. By using Column tool we want to promote constructive online discourse related to current topics in the field of dealing with the past.

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From hospital to concentration camp

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses Sarajevo on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

When the world sleeps

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses Sarajevo on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.

Column

Slobodan Mrkajić: I survived a concentration camp, but I did not lose my faith in people

Balkan Perspectives

Balkan.Perspectives is a regional magazine focused on dealing with the past (DwP) in the western Balkans. Produced by forumZFD in four (4) languages, this is a collaborative effort between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia. The magazine provides a platform for local actors to support conflict-sensitive discourse on issues related to the recent past. By offering a plurality of perspectives on DwP topics from across the region, the magazine aims to challenge stereotypes and ethno-centric narratives, encourage critical thinking and wider debate, and strengthen constructive approaches to dealing with the recent past.

01/2025

ISSUE 25

Films and Dealing with the Past

07/2024

ISSUE 24

Road to reconciliation: Dealing with the Past in the Western Balkans

06/2023

ISSUE 23

Pop Culture and Dealing with the Past in the Western Balkans

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The Balkan Perspectives podcast is forumZFD’s audio format on Dealing with the Past and Peace Education in the Western Balkans. The podcast is produced in four languages (Albanian, BHCS, Macedonian and English) by the forumZFD offices in Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia.