Centre for Nonviolent Action among the Winners of the Krunoslav Sukić Award
The official awards ceremony was held on 12 December 2019 at the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek
Nenad Vukosavljević: People, not territories! New Approaches Needed in the Western Balkans
What can Germany do better in the Western Balkans? Nenad Vukosavljević (Centre for Non-Violent Action) recommends: No border changes but people-to-people contacts & no tolerance of authoritarian tendencies
Jubilee without Celebration: Tenth Action to Mark Unmarked Sites of Suffering
We conducted this action from 12 to 14 November 2019 in and around Sanski Most, Prijedor, Bosanski Novi/Novi Grad and Krupa na Uni
“Đuro will forgive you beating you up”
Political and social contexts in which we work: Not Great, Not Terrible (Bosnia and Hercegovina), And what have you got against Milo? (Montenegro), “Đuro will forgive you beating you up” (Croatia), Rendering our stories (Kosovo), Neither Here Nor There (North Macedonia), Who’s Next? (Serbia)
22nd Annual Report
We present to you the 22nd annual report of the Centre for Nonviolent Action. We invite you to read what we have prepared and, as always, we look forward to your feedback, criticism and support
Powerful Chairs — 43rd Basic Training in Peacebuilding
The training is an opportunity to open up grievances and discuss the things we hold against people “from the other side”, but also to see which topics we are forbidden to open inside our societies.
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Nenad Vukosavljević: Transitional [Justice] cycle
Despite the fact that the concept of transitional justice has widened (“evolved”), proof of its shortcomings has arisen through practice. In the Balkans, it was the original TJ concept that was implemented, relying solely on retributive justice mechanisms, in this case the International Criminal Tribunal and national war crimes proceedings.
Biber 03: Press Release
Press Release on the completion of the Third Biber Competition
First the Right Way
The two monuments are separated by the main street in the old town of Jajce. Both symbolically and physically separated, the one to fallen fighters of ARBiH next to a mosque, the other to fallen HVO fighters, across the street, under a large cross. Together, the veterans paid their respects to both, thus bringing these two physically and symbolically separate monuments together
War Veterans in Jajce: We Need to Honour All Victims
Mixed group of war veterans, some 40 former members of the Army of RBiH, HVO, HV, VRS, JNA and VJ visited sites of suffering and memorials in Jajce to pay their respects to the victims
“War of Memories” in Jajce: Rehumanising the Enemy
Organised by the Centre for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo/Belgrade, with the support of the Jajce Culture Centre and the Veterans’ Association, the photography exhibition “War of Memories” was opened on Monday, 23 September 2019. At the opening of the exhibition, we organised a public discussion titled “From a War of Memories to Remembering the War” and this time subtitled “Fighters in War and Peace”
“Easy Notes” for Difficult Commemorations
The very fact of former enemies attending the commemoration together, paying their respects to victims of all wars, sends the message that we are no longer enemies and that we never want to be enemies again. That the suffering, fear and pain we have all experienced connect us and bring us closer together. That we grieve and empathise with each other’s pain, to ease it, and to make sure it never happens again.
War Veterans from the Region at the Commemoration in Grabovica: Killing Civilians Cannot Be Justified
War veterans, former members of the Army of RBiH, HVO, HV, VRS and VJ laid flowers and paid their respects to civilians killed in Grabovica. “The killing of innocent civilians cannot be justified, and even today families are still looking for the remains of 17 of their beloved. We cannot turn back the time and put things right, but we want to show that, with all our differences, we can remember all victims together, honour them together and build a more just society,” said Amer Delić from the Centre for Nonviolent Action, a war veteran of the Army of RBiH from Zavidovići.
“Reconciliation?!” Handbook in Macedonian
The translation of the Handbook came in response to the wishes and needs of people from Macedonia
New CNA team member
Radomir Radević from Podgorica is a new-old member of the CNA team