Bosnia and the Destruction of Cultural HeritageThe massive intentional destruction of cultural heritage during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War targeting a historically diverse identity provoked global condemnation and became a seminal marker in the discourse on cultural heritage. It prompted an urgent reassessment of how cultural property could be protected in times of conflict and led to a more definitive recognition in international humanitarian law that destruction of a people's cultural heritage is an aspect of genocide. Yet surprisingly little has been published on the subject. This wide-ranging book provides the first comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the destruction of Bosnia-Herzegovina's cultural heritage and its far-reaching impact. Scrutinizing the responses of the international community during the war (including bodies like UNESCO and the Council of Europe), the volume also analyses how, after the conflict ended, external agendas impinged on heritage reconstruction to the detriment of the broader peace process and refugee return. It assesses implementation of Annex 8 of the Dayton Peace Agreement, a unique attempt to address the devastation to Bosnia's cultural heritage, and examines the treatment of war crimes involving cultural property at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). With numerous case studies and plentiful illustrations, this important volume considers questions which have moved to the foreground with the inclusion of cultural heritage preservation in discussions of the right to culture in human rights discourse and as a vital element of post-conflict and development aid. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
An Overview | 23 |
2 Documenting the Destruction | 143 |
Postconflict Fieldwork Assessing the Cultural Heritage in BosniaHerzegovina | 155 |
Annex 8 of the Dayton Peace Agreement | 185 |
Actors and Agendas in Postconflict BosniaHerzegovina | 205 |
6 The Built Heritage in the PostWar Reconstruction of Stolac | 259 |
An International Perspective | 285 |
8 Cultural Heritage the Search for Justice and Human Rights | 307 |
A Brief Introduction to the Cultural Heritage of BosniaHerzegovina | 323 |
Glossary | 333 |
Acknowledgement | 335 |
Illustration Acknowledgements | 337 |
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Aladža Mosque Annex architectural authorities Available Banja Luka Bijeljina Blaškić Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnian Army Bosnian Croat Bosnian Serb buildings Čaršija Mosque Catholic centre CHwB Commission to Preserve Council of Europe country’s crimes Croatia cultural and religious cultural heritage cultural property damage Dayton Peace Agreement December destroyed destruction of cultural ECMM ethnic cleansing European February Federation Ferhadija Mosque Foča former Yugoslavia Franciscan funding Guča Guča Gora Hadžihasanović and Kubura Helen Walasek Human Rights ICTY implementation Information Report Institute international community Islamic Community Jajce Jasenovac July June Mehmed-paša Kukavica minaret monastery Mostar Museum Muslim Natural Heritage November October Old Bridge Ottoman post-war Preserve National Monuments Prlić Programme Protection of Cultural rebuilding reconstruction refugees religious property Republika Srpska restoration Richard Carlton Riedlmayer sacral Sarajevo September shelling Stari Stolac Stolac Municipality structures testimony Tina Wik town Trebinje UNESCO United Nations Vijećnica Zemaljski Muzej