Combatting Hate Speech in Bosnia and Herzegovina

March 16th, 2016

This special report explores the prevalence of hate speech in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Balkan Diskurs has pulled together a collection of articles from its team of youth correspondents, providing valuable insights into the fight against online and offline hate speech across the country.

Hate Speech

My Heart is Full for Sarajevo: New Mission Calls Peacebuilder and Educator Tanya Domi Back to Bosnia

“Are you glad to be back in Sarajevo?” I ask. “Oh yeah!” she exclaims, lighting up with excitement.

January 31st, 2018

Soleil Westendorf

Sustainable Return: A Guarantee for Stability and Integration in Bosnia-Herzegovina

This paper analyzes the importance of the return process and sustainable integration of returnees for reconciliation in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. With Annex VII of General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia (Dayton Peace Agreement, or DPA), refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) were ensured they could return to their pre-war homes. One obstacle for returnee families is in education – ethnically biased curricula increase divisions between groups.

February 3rd, 2016

Tomaž Kravos