‘Pillar of Shame’: Civil Society, UN Accountability and Genocide in Srebrenica

Simić, Olivera

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“… The UN previously ordered all men in Srebrenica to surrender their weapons so that the zone could be demilitarized. Shame later featured in commemoration projects, most notably in a memorial called the ‘Pillar of Shame’ in 2010 in the shape of letters ‘U’ and ‘N’ filled with shoes symbolizing disappearance (Simić, 2012 ). Of course, disasters in Somalia and Rwanda featured as a motivator too (Chandler, 2009 ).…”

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Graves and Redress: Families of the Missing Persons and the ‘Srebrenica Effect’

Barton-Hronešová

2020

The Struggle for Redress

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The Law on Missing Persons from 2004 remains the only legal provision for Bosnian war victims successfully adopted at the state level. It foresaw the creation of a new state institution for the search of the missing, a central registry of all names and a special fund for families. While only some of these promises materialized, the adoption was unprecedented. This chapter discusses the role of missing persons’ families and the process of their state recognition. It presents a case of ‘Optimal Route’ scenario when victim capital can be described as consisting of high salience, authority and resources. It argues that families of Bosnians who went missing during the war were exposed to high levels of external attention because this group included victims whose suffering came to define Bosnian post-war transitional justice: Srebrenica survivors. The Srebrenica genocide of July 1995 not only conferred superior international salience and moral authority upon families of the missing among Bosniaks but Srebrenica victim associations have enhanced their two sources of leverage by huge personal investments in their mobilization resources too. This chapter not only discusses the circumstances of the 2004 change but also the subsequent lack of access to its provisions by victims.

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“…Shame later featured in commemoration projects, most notably in a memorial called the ‘Pillar of Shame’ in 2010 in the shape of letters ‘U’ and ‘N’ filled with shoes symbolizing disappearance (Simić, 2012 ).…”

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Graves and Redress: Families of the Missing Persons and the ‘Srebrenica Effect’

Barton-Hronešová

2020

The Struggle for Redress

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“…Pillar of shame) and museum activities (e.g. Reconciliations) have at times partnered with educational institutions to reach educators and students Simić, 2013). The BDYCP and the Youth Peace Camp have also sought to provide participants with the skills and tools to influence wider communities and form larger peace constituencies Radosavljević, 2018).…”

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“…One of the leading Bosnian NGOs pulled out of RECOM as it found that Croatian and Serbian NGOs were leading the process (Touquet & Vermeersch, 2016). The Pillar of Shame installation was undermined by lack of willingness of NGOs from the two different entities in BiH to collaborate (Simić, 2013). There is also the risk of sabotage, such as audience members verbally attacking shared personal stories (Oberpfalzerová et al, 2019).…”

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Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in the Western Balkans: Approaches, Impacts and Challenges

Haider¹

2021

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Countries in the Western Balkans have engaged in various transitional justice and reconciliation initiatives to address the legacy of the wars of the 1990s and the deep political and societal divisions that persist. There is growing consensus among scholars and practitioners that in order to foster meaningful change, transitional justice must extend beyond trials (the dominant international mechanism in the region) and be more firmly anchored in affected communities with alternative sites, safe spaces, and modes of engagement. This rapid literature review presents a sample of initiatives, spanning a range of sectors and fields – truth-telling, art and culture, memorialisation, dialogue and education – that have achieved a level of success in contributing to processes of reconciliation, most frequently at the community level. It draws primarily from recent studies, published in the past five years. Much of the literature available centres on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), with some examples also drawn from Serbia, Kosovo and North Macedonia.

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“…For instance, in BiH, the organisations registered by 2010 amounted to more than 12,000, while in Kosovo the number of registered NGOs in the same period was around 6000 (Belloni 2019;Strazzari and Selenica 2013). Consequently, due to its bottom-up characteristics, civil society stood out immediately in the aftermath of the Yugoslav wars as driver of change in the region (Simić 2013;McEvoy and McGregor 2008). The established civil society organisations work in different fields concerning democratisation, post-conflict stabilisation and rule of law (OSCE 2018b), following the neoliberal peace-building idea of the importance of security and human rights (Belloni 2019).…”

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OSCE and Civil Society in the Western Balkans: The Road to Reconciliation

Mastrorocco

2020

Transformation and Development

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‘Pillar of Shame’: Civil Society, UN Accountability and Genocide in Srebrenica

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Graves and Redress: Families of the Missing Persons and the ‘Srebrenica Effect’

Graves and Redress: Families of the Missing Persons and the ‘Srebrenica Effect’

Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in the Western Balkans: Approaches, Impacts and Challenges

OSCE and Civil Society in the Western Balkans: The Road to Reconciliation

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