— Lucie Fayoux —

Lucie has just obtained a double bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations from Sciences Po Lille and the University of Kent, and will be joining the ‘Peace, Humanitarian Action and Development’ master’s programme at Sciences Po Lille. Her interest in the protection of human rights in times of conflict and post-conflict has developed over the course of her undergraduate studies, thanks in particular to her dissertation on a possible transitional justice process in Ukraine and her various professional experiences in the field of human rights.
She is interested in disarmament and non-proliferation issues in post-conflict societies, the role of women and minorities in transitional justice processes, and the intersection between art and politics in post-conflict societies.

White Armband Day: Challenging mass atrocities denial through symbolic resistance

On May 23, 2012, Emir Hodžić went viral for standing alone in Prijedor’s main square, wearing a white armband on his left arm. The white armband, now used as a symbol of remembrance, commemorated the decree issued by Serb nationalist authorities in Prijedor (Crisis Committee of the Serbian District of Prijedor) on May 31, 1992, ordering the non-Serb population of Prijedor to hang white sheets outside their homes and to wear a white armband.