— Libby Witchell —

Libby is a post-graduate student at the University of Stirling, currently pursuing an MSc in Human Rights and Diplomacy. She holds a BA in Criminology and Security Studies, and during her studies, she completed a semester exchange at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, Lithuania. Her interest in transitional justice and peacebuilding in post-conflict environments stemmed from a module studied during the exchange which focused on the effects of transitional justice following violent ethnic conflict. This sparked an idea for her final thesis, where she compared the responses to crimes against humanity in the former Yugoslavia and present-day Afghanistan. This research highlighted an interest in how peacebuilding efforts have affected Bosnia and Herzegovina both in the past and in the present.