Portraits of the Dead and the Living: Bosnia and Rwanda 20 Years on

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Simic, Olivera
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Bosnia and Rwanda 20 Years on Olivera Simić Sometimes justice does not give someone a satisfactory answer — cases are subject to corruption. But when it comes to forgiveness willingly granted, one is satisfied once and for all. When someone is full of anger, he can lose his mind. But when I granted forgiveness, I felt my mind at rest. (Karorero, survivor of Rwandan genocide) Justice did not come in the way we expected. We, mothers from Srebrenica, are living witnesses of Srebrenica genocide. We do not want to forget. Nobody has the right to demand from the victim to forgive or to reconcile with the offender. We will never forgive or sit down with those who killed our sons. We want neither forgiveness nor reconciliation. (Munira Subašić, President of Association of Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves) I am not the owner of the lives of my husband, son and...

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Transitional Justice and the Public Sphere: Engagement, Legitimacy and Contestation

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Criminology

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Simic, O, Portraits of the Dead and the Living Bosnia and Rwanda 20 Years on, Transitional Justice and the Public Sphere: Engagement, Legitimacy and Contestation, 2017, pp. 307-334

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