RETURN AND BELONGING – THREE DECADES OF STRUGGLE IN SREBRENICA
RETURN AND BELONGING – THREE DECADES OF STRUGGLE IN SREBRENICA
Author(s): David J. Simon, Sophie FosterSubject(s): Criminal Law, Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Institut za istraživanje zločina protiv čovječnosti i međunarodnog prava Univerziteta u Sarajevu
Keywords: Genocide in Srebrenica; Refugee Return; Destruction of Home; Post-Genocide Reintegration; Restorative Justice; Republika Srpska and the Post-Dayton Structure;
Summary/Abstract: After the Bosnian War and genocide against Bosniaks destroyed the homes of many Bosniaks, the international community considered the right to return to be both a human right and form of restorative justice. Though symbolically powerful, return efforts often overlooked the more complex realities of restoring community after genocide. This chapter examines postwar return initiatives in Bosnia, and specifically Srebrenica, that sought to reverse wartime acts of domicide. We question an underlying premise: that a return to a pre-war house could return what had been destroyed.
Journal: GODIŠNJAK
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 185-204
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
