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FMR 50 - From the Editors

An introductory note on FMR 50, 'Dayton + 20: twenty years on from the Dayton Agreement in the Balkans', from the Editors.

FMR 50 - Foreword: Addressing the legacy of violence

The aim of creating ethnically homogeneous statelets was curbed at Dayton but the dominance of ethnic politics was not.

FMR 50 - Annex 7: why are we still discussing it?

Annex 7 to the Dayton Peace Agreement was designed to address the displacement of 2.2 million people during the Bosnian war of 1992-95. Its job is not yet done.

FMR 50 - Political and social consequences of continuing displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Twenty years after Dayton, failures to facilitate effective refugee and IDP return have had a social and political impact at both community and state level.

FMR 50 - Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 years on from Dayton

The coming two-and-a-half years represent what is possibly the last window of opportunity to accomplish what the Dayton Peace Agreement’s Annex 7 set out to achieve.

FMR 50 - Resolving a protracted refugee situation through a regional process

Despite its shortcomings, the Regional Process in the Western Balkans offers a number of lessons for resolving protracted refugee situations.

FMR 50 - Voices in displacement

“These people are as if lost in time and space.” Still displaced after 20 years, residents of collective centres in Bosnia and Herzegovina share their frustration. They need to be listened to.

FMR 50 - Property rights and reconstruction in the Bosnian return process

Sidelining a rights-based approach in the area of property restitution and reconstruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina resulted in an unequal impact on rural versus urban displaced populations.

FMR 50 - Resolving protracted displacement through social housing

A social housing methodology recently introduced in Bosnia and Herzegovina illustrates the need for certain key components in any strategy to address the shelter and livelihoods needs of vulnerable citizens.

FMR 50 - Asking the right questions in research on psychosocial well-being

New research is attempting to address the lack of empirical grounding for much of the psychosocial programming in post-war trauma in the Western Balkans.

FMR 50 - Wartime division in peacetime schools

An ethnically divided educational system in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to limit the sustainable return of those displaced by the war, and to hamper reconciliation and the reconstruction of society.

FMR 50 - Their last name is ‘refugee’: return and local activism

Sustainable refugee return can only take place in Bosnia and Herzegovina when ordinary people and human rights activists are included as full participants in the recovery process.

FMR 50 - Human rights shortcomings of the Dayton Peace Agreement

When a peace agreement guarantees the rights of certain groups but not all, limitations to the enjoyment of human rights are inevitable.

FMR 50 - If women are left out of peace talks

The exclusion of women from the process of making peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina has diminished the prospects for sustainable peace. When will we learn that no peace can be sustainable and just without the active and meaningful participation of women?

FMR 50 - Interpretations of Annex 7: assessing the impact on non-returnees in the UK

Emphasising the crucial role of refugee returns to the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina risks minimising the agency of those who choose not to exercise their rights under Annex 7.

FMR 50 - The role of remote voting in encouraging return

Once there is a genuine possibility of going home, what influences a forced migrant’s decision to return to a pre-conflict residence, often in the face of very difficult conditions? What role can remote voting play?

FMR 50 - Home after Dayton: IDPs in Sarajevo

The experiences of displaced people in Sarajevo show that living in a place that people perceive to be safe and to provide opportunities can be more desirable than returning to one’s place of origin. Participatory urban projects can help foster community.

FMR 50 - The compound effects of conflict and disaster displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Some IDPs living in protracted displacement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, such as many Roma IDPs, were especially vulnerable to the effects of the May 2014 flooding and landslides.

FMR 50 - Prijedor: re-imagining the future

Public memorialisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina today is an act of remembering not just those who died in the conflict but also the multi-ethnic reality of earlier times. Articulation of this, however, is being obstructed in cities like Prijedor.

FMR 50 - Mass evacuations: learning from the past

Twenty years after the evacuations from the Bosnian ‘safe areas’, humanitarians continue to struggle with dilemmas around humanitarian evacuations.

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