Truth, justice, and education: towards reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia

Meernik, James; Golcevski, Nenad; McKay, Melissa; Feinberg, Ayal; King, Kimi Lynn; Krastev, Roman

doi:10.1080/14683857.2016.1193975

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“…Attention to Youth: Reconciliation outcomes in the Western Balkans will rest in large part on the efforts of youth (Meernik et al, 2016). Many of the reconciliation activities throughout the region are directed toward youth.…”

Section: Common and Emerging Approaches Across Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Reconciliation can occur at the individual, inter-group or communal, societal, or political levels and be described as 'thin' or 'thick'. 'Thinner' definitions may involve individuals living alongside one another without violence (Strupinskienė, 2017;Meernik et al, 2016). 'Thicker' definitions entail active work on the part of all concerned to forge new relationships, to restore dignity to those who have suffered, and to acknowledge and accept truths of the past (Strupinskienė, 2017;Meernik et al, 2016).…”

Section: Reconciliation: Concepts and Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Respondents emphasised that if there were enough jobs, people would connect through economic opportunities, prompting greater progress toward reconciliation (Karić & Mihić, 2020). Similarly, a study of youth views toward reconciliation finds that students from communities with higher unemployment rates are less likely to believe in the possibility of reconciliation, due to preoccupation with addressing immediate needs and fewer opportunities for social interaction (Meernik et al, 2016).…”

Section: Local Meanings Of Reconciliationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It initially stood out as the key instrument that would bring justice and allow for the rebuilding of relations among the divided parties (Mastrorocco, 2020). In theory, the individualisation of guilt through criminal trials should reduce the perceived need to hold entire ethnic communities responsible for violations; and the sentences meted out to the guilty are intended to provide justice for the victims and affected communities (Meernik et al, 2016).…”

Section: Trialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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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Section: Common and Emerging Approaches Across Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reconciliation: Concepts and Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Local Meanings Of Reconciliationmentioning

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Section: Trialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Haider¹

2021

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“…Not surprisingly, research has offered a number of diverse findings regarding what particular personal, social, and political factors may affect the degree to which individuals develop reconciliatory attitudes. Hewstone et al (2006: 107) find that in the context of Northern Ireland, those individuals "who reported having more contact with out-group members held a more positive attitude toward mixing with the out-group" (see also Meernik et al, 2016). Some research has found that public education can help bridge divides (Cole, 2007;Jones, 2012;Smith, 2005).…”

Section: The Many Faces Of Reconciliationmentioning

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Violence and Reconciliation in Colombia: The Personal and the Contextual

Meernik

2019

Journal of Politics in Latin America

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In the aftermath of war and large-scale violence, how can nations function as societies? How can people learn to live together again? Or, have the foundations of trust, civility, and predictability upon which fully functioning societies depend been irrevocably damaged? If we want to understand why reconciliation does or does not take root, we must begin by understanding the perspectives and interests of individuals. In this article, I develop such a model of individual attitudes towards reconciliation. In particular, I analyse the determinants of individual beliefs about reconciliation, with a particular emphasis on the impact of violence in Colombia. I combine survey data from the Latin American Public Opinion Project survey on individual attitudes regarding reconciliation with data on political violence to measure the extent to which individuals live in environments characterised by violence and how this shapes their opinions about reconciliation.

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The Witness Experience

King

Meernik

2017

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This book provides the most comprehensive and scientific assessment to date of what it means to appear before war crimes tribunals. This ground-breaking analysis, conducted with the cooperation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Victims and Witnesses Section, examines the positive and negative impact that testifying has on those who bear witness to the horrors of war by shedding new light on the process. While most witnesses have positive feelings and believe they contributed to international justice, there is a small but critical segment of witnesses whose security, health, and well-being are adversely affected after testifying. The witness experience is examined holistically, including witness' perceptions of their physical and psychological well-being. Because identity (gender and ethnicity) and war trauma were central to the ICTY's mandate and the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, the research explores in-depth how they have impacted the most critical stakeholders of any transitional justice mechanism: the witnesses.

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Truth, justice, and education: towards reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia

Cited by 18 publications

References 38 publications

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

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

Violence and Reconciliation in Colombia: The Personal and the Contextual

The Witness Experience

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