HR!Day441 - On the Path of Reconciliation in Bosnia
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As the invasion of Ukraine unfolds, something can be learned from the Balkan War in the late 1990s.
The situation in Bosnia is still undefined and tense, the economy is fading, corruption is blooming, and tribal passions are growing. All these factors are creating a difficult environment for normal citizens, young people, and intellectuals. The struggle for human rights has been reduced only to ethnic/religious issues, and the protection of their constituent aspirations. Minorities and others, including myself, have been marginalized. Democracy has been hijacked, by the nationalistic (Nazi) parties. To that end, activists try to bring people of all ages together, to organize some training workshops in problem solving and communication skills, direct them to certain projects and initiatives, or give them recommendations for different universities, and help them find jobs. Their experience of multi-religious society and its survival during the war could inspire other people to try to build the same. To that end, they have been organizing or partnering in many events, both locally, and internationally.
We will dialogue today with Vjekoslav Sage, a Muslim human rights activist from Bosnia. After the war Balkan War, while in Mercy Corps International, from 1996-98, the focus of his work, as a program officer, was in civil society initiatives, problem-solving, and refugee return. In 1997, together with CSIS, WCRP-World Conference on Religion and Peace and USIP-United States Institute for Peace, he assisted in the forming of the Inter-Religious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina. His task was to organize and facilitate the preliminary meeting of our religious leaders in the Vienna residence of the former US ambassador to Austria, her Excellency Swanee Hunt. The meeting was conducted by the respected peacemakers like Dr. Landrum Bolling, from Conflict Management Group, and Dr. David Little, from USIP. These people and organizations have also initiated and helped in forming the local NGO, CRD-Center for Religious Dialogue in Sarajevo, with Vjekoslav as a director. Since then, he has worked tirelessly to bring peace and reconciliation to Bosnia.
Convener:
- Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University
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