In an attempt to establish and hold open discussions with various actors and relevant groups about this topic, but also a wider dialogue and to raise awareness of the public at large and politicians about the topic of facing the past, a researcher, Lejla Gačanica, conducted a series of interviews with relevant persons as part of the publication Calling War Crimes by Their Right Name – Nazivanje ratnih zločina pravim imenom.
The publication can be accessed by using the following link
Below, you can read five interviews with various actors about this topic:
Goran Zorić activist of the Youth Centre ''Kvart'' in Prijedor and an independent researcher
“A change of narrative or ''these are not the 1990s''
Denis Džidić, Executive Director and Editor of the Balkans Investigative Research Network (BIRN) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
“The failure to face the past has created room for manipulation”
Predrag Kojović, former journalist and war correspondent. He is one of the founders of the political party Naša stranka
“The front line includes every centimeter”
Štefica Galić, photographer and Editor-in-Chief of the portal Tacno.net
“Our societies are completely crazed, unhappy and poor”
Midhat Izmirlija, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo in charge of the scientific subject theory of law and state.
“Who is guiltier or more responsible?”
During this year, two policy briefs have been created under this initiative with the aim of pointing out at various social and political levels the opportunities for and needs of working to prevent the denial or condonation of war crimes and criminals in BiH.
The first policy brief is Calling War Atrocities by their Right Name in the Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The second policy brief is Regulating a Ban on Denial, Trivialisation, Justification or Condonation of Genocide, the Holocaust, Crimes against Humanity or War Crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
For more information please visit Dealing with the Past website