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dc.contributor.authorSimic, Olivera
dc.contributor.authorDaly, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:57:56Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:57:56Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T02:55:53Z
dc.identifier.issn1752-7716
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/ijtj/ijr020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/42330
dc.description.abstractOn 15 July each year, Women in Black, an antimilitarist and feminist organization based in Belgrade, organize or participate in events in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark the anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica. In 2010, in collaboration with a number of artists, Women in Black blocked the main pedestrian mall in Belgrade and, under police protection, laid out about 500 pairs of shoes given to them by Serbian citizens. Each pair represented the life and death of a person killed in the massacre, and each carried a handwritten message from the person who gave it. We analyse the meaning and significance of this campaign as a civil society mechanism of accountability and moral reparations. Although criminal prosecutions for war crimes in the Balkans have been taking place for nearly two decades, they have not been able to address the conflicts and animosities that persist in the region. We argue that by participating in 'One Pair of Shoes, One Life,' Serbian citizens have begun to take steps towards publicly accepting responsibility for failing to prevent the crime of genocide perpetrated in their name.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom477
dc.relation.ispartofpageto491
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Transitional Justice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw and society and socio-legal research
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational and comparative law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode480405
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4803
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4807
dc.title'One Pair of Shoes, One Life': Steps towards Accountability for Genocide in Srebrenica
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDaly, Kathleen
gro.griffith.authorSimic, Olivera


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