On the 9th of October, we had the privilege of touring the Srebrenica Memorial Centre and Cemetary where we were not only able to further educate ourselves on the Srebrenica genocide, but also hear a second-hand account from a son of one of the...
During the RESOLVE: Network Conference 2024 from September 17th to the 19th, organised by the NGO Asfar, we had the privilege of hearing from local and international leaders of peacebuilding and youth engagement. The first day welcomed the topic of...
What is your lived experience of Bosnia and Herzegovina? And how would you map that? This workshop questions the very act of cartography and aims for more multi-vocal and pluri-diverse representations of a place. During a two-day collaborative...
Authors: Molly Munro and Sergi Cuadra Dominguez This spring in Sarajevo, the five of us learned so much about post-conflict peace, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the wonderful people who live here. The first highlight of the internship was...
Written by Alice Cazzoli The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other courts in the Balkan region have made towards holding war criminals accountable, which is crucial for...
As a way to recognize the exceptional bravery and moral courage of people who actively work to promote the values of justice, peace, and reconciliation, PCRC has established the Ordinary Heroes Recognition. The Recognition stems from our Ordinary...
Author: Laura Lamberti 90 days in Sarajevo. That’s what international interns at the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) are entitled to upon entry into Bosnia and Herzegovina on a tourist visa. Under normal circumstances, these 90 days would have...
This summer, PCRC conducted its first virtual internship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve young women participated in a productive summer program from all over the world. The interns came together on Zoom, Skype, and WhatsApp from places like...
“You cannot fill the Aral with Tears.” – Muhammad Salikh – By Jangul Erlon-Baurjan When it was the fourth largest body of inland water in the world, the Aral Sea fed life into Central Asia and supported three-quarters of its population. It was the...
After more than a century, a minority ethnic group in Namibia insists that history be recognized: reparations are the key to restoring economic, political, and social rights. But their disorganized efforts have also curbed social reintegration and...
How far back can the roots of the Holocaust be traced? The events that took place from 1941 – 1945 bore a striking resemblance to atrocities carried out years before in German South West Africa. Many of the ideologies that fueled the Holocaust, as...
Acts of Courage" is Remembering Srebrenica's theme for 2018 Srebrenica Commemoration to highlight ordinary people who undertook extraordinary acts of courage during the Bosnian genocide....
The first Christmas mass held in Mosul since coalition forces retook the city from ISIS in July took place amid tight security on December 24th, 2017, with the help of the city’s Muslim community. A powerful message of religious coexistence sent...
Since August 2017, the Rohingya of Myanmar have faced unspeakable violence at the hands of the army. In the fourth and final installment of our four-part series about the state-sanctioned violence against the Rohingya, we explore the current state...
How can actors from the Global South support each other as they work positive change in their own countries? This was the central thematic question of UNOSSC’s recent “South-South Cooperation in the Era of Economic, Social, and Environmental...
The violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya population during past weeks and months has been recorded and reported by numerous news outlets, international organizations, and human rights advocacy groups worldwide. Despite a general call to the end the...
They are frequently referred to as 'the most persecuted minority in the world.' When trying to understand the Rohingya crisis, it is important to understand the historical and social underpinnings of the current violence; understanding the Rohingya...
By Struan Kennedy Irish documentary artist Richard Mosse unites technology with the conceptual through a simple but strong metaphorical link: making the invisible visible. The technology in question is 16mm infrared film, developed by the US...
On 31 May 1992, just 25 years ago today, Bosnian-Serb forces issued a decree that called for all non-Serbian civilians to mark their houses and arms with white cloth. The marking of all non-Serbians with a physical symbol of difference would later...