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Human rights, civil society and conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina

The specificity of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) civil society is determined by the country’s multiethnicity (with three dominant nationalities), by the important role played by religions (each identifying with one ethnic group: Orthodox Christianity with Serbs, Islam with Muslims and Catholicism with Croats) and by the hegemony of nationalist ideologies dominating BiH’s politics, society and cultures. This is the context within which this chapter aims at shedding light on BiH civil society, including its ambiguities and peculiarities. What emerges is the diversity of answers by civil society actors, confronted by not only the local political and military contexts, but also strong initiatives by the international community and European institutions. In this sense this chapter also provides input to the discussion on the European Union (EU) and civil society in the conflicthuman rights nexus, explored in depth in Chapter 9.

Related Subject(s): Human Rights and Refugees
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