Hikmet Karčić: Torture, Humiliate, Kill. Inside the Bosnian Serb Camp System by Vukušić Iva

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How a Collective Trauma Influences Ethno-Religious Relations of Adolescents in Present-Day Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina by Merima Šehagić

“…This research is based on the ethnographic fieldwork I conducted during my three-month stay in Sarajevo, a city that has been the center of battles between Bosnian Serbs and Bosniaks. The aim of this research is to understand the ways in which memories of the war linger on in contemporary interethnic and interreligious relations. …”
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The Right to Life in the 'Mothers of Srebrenica' Case: Reversing the Positive Obligation to Protect from the Duty of Means to that of a Result by Kushtrim Istrefi

“…In July 1995, Bosnian Serbs killed between 7,000 and 8,000 Bosniac1 males in a matter of days. …”
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The Unconstitutional Holiday: Bosnian Constitutional Court annuls Serb Republic Day by Stefan Graziadei

“…In a system as fragmented as Bosnia-Herzegovina, apparently it can – according to a recent judgment by the Bosnian Constitutional Court which puts its own acceptance among Bosnian Serbs at risk. The decision, as heart-wrenchingly Bosnian as it may be, raises issues that concern all multicultural societies.…”
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PERCEPTION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA’S QUALIFICATION TO FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 BY DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS by Özgür Dirim Özkan

“…However, it is a controversial issue whether if all the ethnic groups, namely Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs respectively did attend the celebrations. …”
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Standing at the gateway to Europe--the genetic structure of Western balkan populations based on autosomal and haploid markers. by Lejla Kovacevic, Kristiina Tambets, Anne-Mai Ilumäe, Alena Kushniarevich, Bayazit Yunusbayev, Anu Solnik, Tamer Bego, Dragan Primorac, Vedrana Skaro, Andreja Leskovac, Zlatko Jakovski, Katja Drobnic, Helle-Viivi Tolk, Sandra Kovacevic, Pavao Rudan, Ene Metspalu, Damir Marjanovic

“…In this study, three ethnic groups from Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosniacs, Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs - as well as the populations of Serbians, Croatians, Macedonians from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegrins and Kosovars have been characterized for the genetic variation of 660 000 genome-wide autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms and for haploid markers. …”
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Fair Trial in 'Mothers of Srebrenica et al'.: Guessing as a Form of Reasoning by Zane Ratniece

“…However, the Supreme Court established the State’s responsibility only regarding a group of approximately 350 males who had been allowed inside the Dutchbat compound but were then handed over to the Bosnian Serbs. This contribution examines from the perspective of the right to fair trial how the courts determined the State’s liability for damages in relation to these males. …”
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MUDŽAHEDINI U ARMIJI BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE 1992–1995. by Kosta Nikolić

“…During the fight between 1993 and 1995, mainly Bosnian Serbs and Croat dwellings and buildings, as well as civilian personal propertied livestock, were destroyed or severely damaged. …”
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Forced migrations in Serbia: Refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina by Raduški Nada

“…The paper focus on analysis of demographic and socio-economic characteristics of refugee's population: number, ethnic structure (mostly Bosnian Serbs), age structure, marriage structure, educational level, economic activity and occupation, type of accommodation, etc. …”
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The referendum on republika Srpska’s national day — a political response to the abuse of historical policy by Georgi N. Engelhardt

“…Supported by the Western powers, the efforts of the Bosniak leader Bakir Izetbegović to tread on the Bosnian Serbs’ interests in the field of historical policy and symbolics in fact afforded the President of the RS an opportunity to strengthen the autonomy of his republic. …”
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National and cultural identity crisis of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbs within Austro-Hungarian Empire (1878–1908) by Z. Šarac, E. V. Voevoda

“…Another feature that produced a significant impact on transforming cultural identity of Bosnian Serbs was conversion to Islam on part of some Bosnians who came to be known as Bošnjaks. …”
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Towards the NATO Path – From the formation and structure of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Dr. sc. Meldijana ARNAUT HASELJIĆ

“…The JNA, in conjunction with the political leadership of Serbia and Bosnian Serbs, defined the objectives, planned, and determined the tactics and methods of waging war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. …”
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Role of transgenerational transmission of trauma in development of schizophrenia: A case report of a patient whose parents survived genocide in Srebrenica by N. Zigic, E. Becirovic, M. Mirkovic-Hajdukov, N. Aljukic, H. Löffler-Stastka

“…The father’s first wife and two minor children were shot by Bosnian Serbs in early 1992. Patient was born a year and a half after death of his siblings and was named after his half-sister. …”
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Nineteen Minutes of Horror: Insights from the Scorpions Execution Video by Iva Vukušić

“…After the fall of Srebrenica in summer of 1995, the Scorpions unit, dispatched to support the Bosnian Serb Army as it took over the enclave, shot six men in Trnovo. …”
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Female Body, Rape, War: Sexual Subjugation of Women as a Symbol of Hegemony and Political-National “Othering” in the Genocide of Bosnia by Laura Sugamele

“…In particular, in this essay, whose topic focuses on mass rape in the Bosnian-Serb conflict, it will be relevant to reflect on the connection between female body and national representation, in order to understand the intrinsic aspects of rape which refer to the intentional act of causing a radical social-sexual denigration. …”
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Ideology and war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-95 by Jungic, O

“…The second section illustrates how institutions dominated by Serbian President Slobodan Milošević and the Croatian government led by Franjo Tuđman sponsored the military campaigns conducted by Bosnian Serb and Croat forces, which attempted to realise the visions imagined in 1991-92. …”

Innledning: Bosnia-Hercegovina 25 år etter Srebrenica by Torkel Brekke

“…The occasion for the issue is that in July 2020 it is 25 years since the Bosnian-Serb army took Srebrenica and massacred 8,000 Bosniaks.…”
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Unifying the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina – mission completed? by Věra Stojarová

“…The Armed Forces of BiH were officially unified in 2005 and are composed of two founding armies: the Bosniak-Croat Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska. Even though the unified armed forces celebrated their 13th anniversary in December 2018 and are presented as a success story, the political environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly in Republika Srpska, does not foster a sense of unity in the armed forces. …”
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Adaptation as Emigration: Different Paths to Americanization in Miljenko Jergović’s “Buick Rivera” and Goran Rušinović’s Film Adaptation by Marija Bradaš, Enrico Davanzo

“…The novel’s main plot, dealing with the accidental meeting between a Bošnjak (Bosnian Muslim) expatriate and a Bosnian Serb war criminal in the US, seems unchanged in the film version. …”
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Why are illiberal monuments legally possible? Some insights from Bosnia and Herzegovina by Carna Pistan

“…After unveiling a monument to the genocide denier Peter Handke a few years ago, local authorities in Banja Luka – the largest city of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity – are now building a massive monument to the soldiers of the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) who died in the war of 1992–95. …”
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