Srebrenica Youth School 2022

Event date
July 5, 2021 - July 13, 2022
Venue
Srebrenica
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Short description

This July, as part of a program to mark the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, in cooperation with the Srebrenica Memorial Center, the Center for Post-Conflict Research (CPI) is organizing the third edition of the Srebrenica Youth School.

The school will bring together 50 young people from the Western Balkans, Europe and the world to learn from regional and global experts in transitional justice, memorialization and historical narrative building, human rights and genocide and mass crime prevention during an eight-day program (July 5-13).

Description

The school will include a series of lectures and workshops aimed at presenting innovative approaches and techniques, and best practices for working on issues of genocide and mass crime prevention, transitional justice and human rights. During the first two editions of the school, speakers and lecturers were Emir Suljagić, Sabina Čehajić-Clancy, Matthew Holliday, Denis Džidić, Marijana Toma, Nick Teunissen, Aida Šehović, Paul Lowe, Mehnaz Afridi, as well as representatives of the OSCE Mission to BiH. United Nations in BiH, TRIAL in BiH, Balkan Research Network, Regional Office for Youth Cooperation (RYCO), Youth Initiative for Human Rights and many others.

The school is designed for 50 students and researchers from all over the world (aged between 18 and 30) who have an interest in the areas of transitional justice, memorialization and prevention of mass crimes, and the working language of the school is English. The costs of accommodation, transportation (from BiH and the Western Balkans region), food and materials for the participants are borne by the organizers.

Selected participants are expected to be present during all days of the school.

If you are interested in participating, fill out the form you can find here and send it to events.pcrc@gmail.com.

The deadline for applications is June 17, 2022.

 

For more information, please visit the source page.

Geographical focus
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • International; Other
Scientifc field / Thematic focus
  • General
  • Social Sciences
Event type
  • Training
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Entry created by Admin WBC-RTI.info on May 19, 2022
Modified on May 19, 2022