Peacebuilding and Civil Society in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ten Years After DaytonMartina Fischer (historicus) LIT Verlag Münster, 2006 - 483 pages The Dayton Accords ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995. The 10th anniversary gives reason to investigate the post-war period, today's realities and future perspectives. Bosnian authors and international experts express their views on recent developments. Insiders and outsiders, working in the conflict and on its transformation, have been invited to tackle the questions: Which conflict lines mark the present society? Did peacebuilding activities address the underlying causes? What are obstacles for conflict transformation? What are the potentials and limits of international support? What does "civil society" mean in Bosnia and how is it related to statebuilding and democratisation? How can people constructively deal with the past in order to design the future in the region of former Yugoslavia? The book gives an overview on an important research focus of the Berghof Research Center, highlighting the work of its most important cooperation partners. |
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... lack of political will , there is a critical level of disinterest throughout Bosnian society to revisit the past for purposes of reconciliation . However , many local peace and human rights activists are convinced that dealing with the ...
... lack of political will , there is a critical level of disinterest throughout Bosnian society to revisit the past for purposes of reconciliation . However , many local peace and human rights activists are convinced that dealing with the ...
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... lack the capacity to have any effect at all . Nor does it mean that they are irrelevant actors as drivers for change . While they may not have the power to produce comprehensive change at the national level , they nonetheless do possess ...
... lack the capacity to have any effect at all . Nor does it mean that they are irrelevant actors as drivers for change . While they may not have the power to produce comprehensive change at the national level , they nonetheless do possess ...
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... lack of perspective on the future . Of course , international institutions also can encourage such movements . Specifically , they can support local structures , processes and visions for designing a better future . The EU , too , can ...
... lack of perspective on the future . Of course , international institutions also can encourage such movements . Specifically , they can support local structures , processes and visions for designing a better future . The EU , too , can ...
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... lack of willingness to compromise on the part of nationalist forces and political hardliners - an assessment which is confirmed by many other articles in the book . However , one problem was created by the Dayton Agreements themselves ...
... lack of willingness to compromise on the part of nationalist forces and political hardliners - an assessment which is confirmed by many other articles in the book . However , one problem was created by the Dayton Agreements themselves ...
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... lack of cooperation has made the debates about how much longer the Office of the High Representative should remain in place and whether it should be replaced by an EU - led mission even more difficult . It also complicates discussions ...
... lack of cooperation has made the debates about how much longer the Office of the High Representative should remain in place and whether it should be replaced by an EU - led mission even more difficult . It also complicates discussions ...
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Page 7 - All refugees and displaced persons have the right freely to return to their homes of origin. They have the right, in accordance with Annex 7 to the General Framework Agreement, to have restored to them property of which they were deprived in the course of hostilities since 1991 and to be compensated for any such property that cannot be restored to them.
Page 7 - The Parties shall ensure that refugees and displaced persons are permitted to return in safety, without risk of harassment, intimidation, persecution, or discrimination, particularly on account of their ethnic origin, religious belief, or political opinion.
Page 11 - Local self-government denotes the right and the ability of local authorities, within the limits of the law, to regulate and manage a substantial share of public affairs under their own responsibility and in the interests of the local population.
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