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Part II of the Programme (Day 3 & 4) of this year's Seminar on DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MULTIETHNIC SOCIETIES in Konjic, organized by the Institute for Strengthening Democracy.
What I posted yesterday is still in force: Those interested in taking part at the seminar should contact Džemal Sokolović, director of the Institute, by e-mail and ASAP.
Day 3, July 12, Tuesday
09.00 - 11.00: Panel: "Bosnian Politics in Transition'" (Chairperson: David Chandler, U of Westminster), Lecturers:

• Sevima Sali Terzic, Sarajevo
• Julian Reid, University of Sussex
• David Chandler, U of Westminster

11.00 - 11.30: Tea/coffee break

11.30 - 13.30: Panel: "Bosnian Economy in Transition" (Chairperson: Vanessa Pupavac, U of Nottingham), Lecturers:

• Dragoljub Stojanov, University of Sarajevo
• Fikret Causevic, University of Sarajevo
• Vanessa Pupavac, U of Nottingham
• Pau Vives, Barcelona: "The informal economy in Sarajevo and the configuration of a dual city"

18.00 - 20.00: Parallel panel # 1: "Religion in the Multiethnic Society" (Chairperson: Julianne Funk Deckard), Lecturers:

• Richard Lewis, Brussels: "What is a European? Multiculturalism in the Europe of today"
• Julianne Funk Deckard, Catholic University of Leuven: "The State of Religious Freedom in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina"
• Vjekoslav Perica, Utah: "The Roman Catholic Church in Croatian Politics After the War"
• Ivka Puskaric, Mannheim: "Social state, third sector and church in catholic post-communist societies"
• Valery Yevarouski, Minsk: "Religion and national tolerances in the mentalityof Belarusians: ambiguities and contradictions"
• Isabelle Eisenberg, London
• Alexander Mirescu, Bucharest

18.00 - 20.00: Parallel panel # 2: "Europe in focus" (Chairperson: Ana Devic, Aarhus), Lecturers:

• Mila Paspalanova, Brussels/Leuven: "Provisions for immigrants' integration in Belgium: the cleft between theory and practice"
• Mitja Velikonja, Ljubljana: "Nostalgija po socializmu kao element kulturnog pluralizma u tranzicijskim drustvima"
• Rory O'Connell, Belfast: "Irish Travellers, Political Participation and Deliberative Democracy"
• Christos G. Patsalides, Cyprus: "The Constitution for Europe: strengthening the democratic character of the Union and the role of its citizens"
• Alissa V. Tolstokorova, Kyiv/Stockholm: "Women's Visibility in Language as a Human Rights Issue: Challenges to CEE in the Process of European Integration"
• Jadranka Polovic, Split: "Suradnja sa Haskim tribunalom kao preduvjet hrvatskog clanstva u Europskoj Uniji"

Day 4, July 13, Wednesday
09.00 - 10.30: Workshop: "Trafficking in Women: Human Rights, Slavery and the Victim's Perspective" (Chairperson: Simona Zavratnik Zimic, Koper), Lecturers:

• Simona Zavratnik Zimic, Koper, Slovenia: "Women in migration and vulnerability for trafficking"
• George Iheanacho, Nigeria: "Trafficking, a Violation of Human Rights, the New Challenges"
• Nebojsa Djeric, Novi Sad: "Sex trafficking in the Balkans"
• Mojca Pajnik, Ljubljana: "Trafficking in women in and by media"
• Jernej Letnar, Lund: "Is prosecution of individuals in the International Criminal Court for trafficking, sexual slavery and related crimes against women a REAL possibility?"

10.30 - 11.00: Tea/coffee break

11.00-12.30:Panel: "The Balkans in focus" (Chairperson: Slobodan Bjelajac, Split) Lecturers:

• Josef C. Karl, Bucuresti: "The Squaring of the circle? Protection of national minorities, the idea of a strong Romanian state and the need to meet European Criteria in post-communist Romania"
• Zorana Sijacki, Novi Sad: "Role of Gender Equality Mechanisms in the process of democratization - case study of Voivodina"
• Sadakata Mamoru, Japan: "Yugoslav war and Balkan studies in Japan"
Dilek Latif, Northern Cyprus: "What international community learnt from Bosnia and Herzegovina for Kosovo in terms of building peace and reconciliation"
• Munro Gayle, London: "Southeast European Communities in the UK: transnational migration and ideas of 'home'
• Slobodan Bjelajac, Split: "Socijalna struktura publike na utakmicama" ("Social Structure of the Audiences on football matches")
• Nadiya Chushak, Lviv: "Some Reflections on (Re)creation of Yugoslav Identity in 1990s"

Early afternoon: Walking (swimming, barbecuing) workshops - Restaurant "Stari mlin"; Walking excursions to Neretva river (in order to secure the return of participants in the years to come - there is the saying: "The one having drunk water from Neretva river is always to return.")
Evening session, 18.00 - 19.00: Film "Slijepa Pravda" ("Blind Justice"). By Aldin Arnautovic and Refik Hodzic
19.00 - 20.00: Discussion/panel: "Approaching the End of the Hague Tribunal - What will Bosnian-Herzegovinian Society Inherit from It", Panelists:

• Refik Hodzic, co-author of the film
• Matias Hellman, Representative of the ICTY Outreach Program in BH
• Branko Todorovic, Head of Helsinki Committee in RS
• Nusreta Sivac, judge and former prisoner in Omarska

Midnight session, 20.00 - 22.00: Dinner - Pizzeria, Panel: "Reconciliation at Home and in Exile: Cross-cultural and Interdisciplinary Approaches" (Chairperson: Azra Hromadzic, New York), Lecturers:

• Hromadzic, Azra, NY "Anthropology and Reconciliation: Case Study of the ex-Yugoslav Refugees in New York City"
• Anders Stefansson, Copenhagen: "Refugee Return and Reconciliation: Interethnic Coexistence and Collective Silence in Bosnia's Serb Republic"
• Nebojsa Petrovic, Belgrade: "Social Circumstances and Ethnic Opinions"