Bosnia-Herzegovina - 20 Years of Peace, Part 1
The Dayton Peace Agreement ended the war. But what kind of peace did Bosnia-Herzegovina get? The Swedish Institute of International Affairs with partners took this opportunity to highlight the 20 years of Bosnian peace and its many challenges ahead.
Topics:
The Dayton Peace Agreement. Success or failure?
How to (not) build peace. Lessons learnt?
Dealing with the legacy of war. Does time heal?
Arts and Culture. Dividing or uniting?
Participants:
Vesna Ćužić, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Sweden; Senada Demirović, Creative Curator, ADA, Mostar; Jasminka Džumhur, Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Misha Glenny, Writer and visiting professor at Columbia University; Anders Hedlund, Deputy Head of Unit for Western Balkans and Turkey, Sida, formerly Counsellor at the Swedish Embassy in Sarajevo; Dženana Karup Druško, Director of Transitional Justice, Accountability and Remembrance in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Roland Kostić, Director of Research (Holocaust and Genocide Studies), The Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University; Bianca Muratagic, singer; Sadeta Murić, member of BiH National Association in Sweden; Svjetlana Nedimović, researcher, social justice activist, formerly Sarajevo plenum participant; Dan Smith, Head of SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Srđan Šušnic, Cultural Study researcher, Banja Luka
Moderators: Johanna Mannergren Selimovic and Victoria Veres.
The conference was organised by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in collaboration with Sida, Kvinna till Kvinna, Civil Rights Defenders, Bosnien-Hercegovinska Riksförbundet, APUNET and Cultural Heritage without Borders.