Date/Time: Thursday, June 12, 2014, 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm Location: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (map) Speaker(s): Dr. Marko Attila Hoare
Enver Spahalic, a member of the CNAB board of directors, has been named as one of the main organizers of the Dallas area aid to be provided to the Balkans flood victims. Please read the following article published by the Dallas News:
At the request of the Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) and the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada (IGC), the English Football Association (The FA) has started an investigation into the actions of Manchester City football (soccer) players Aleksandar Kolarov and Matija Nastasic, during …
The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina caused by floods is critical. Over a quarter of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 4 million people have been affected by the worst floods in the Region for more than a century. Around one million Bosnians have been hit by the recent flooding across Bosnia and Herzegovina. This …
Due to the dramatic and catastrophic situation that has impacted almost the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the worst flooding in the last 120 years and its subsequent landslides, the Congress of North American Bosniaks and the Institute for Research of Genocide, Canada …
Dear Chairman Al Mubarak, On behalf of the victims of genocide and aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina residing in United States and Canada, we are writing to strongly protest the actions of two members of the Manchester City football squad during the team’s public celebrations …
ACTION ALERT: The Congress of North American Bosniaks {CNAB} and the Institute for Research of Genocide, Canada {IGC} invite all friends of truth and justice in North America to show solidarity with victims of genocide committed in Prijedor.
Election season has a sinister twist in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska. Erasure and ethnic cleansing carried out during the war is re-enacted through obstacles on the right of refugees to return.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s current political and legal system is a result of a war which ravaged the country and the hastily constructed Dayton Peace accord. Some of the key elements of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s political, legal, economic and judicial systems were created by the U.S. administration. In order to evaluate the current system of Bosnia and Herzegovina and present potential ideas for long term solutions, it is important to review the United States’ system of governance and its basic democratic principles. Success of the United States’ style of democratic governance and public policy process provides vital clues for Bosnia’s political, legal, economic and judicial systems long term sustainability. The most glaring difference between the governance and policy in the United States and the most pressing issue threatening Bosnia and Herzegovina’s democracy is that while in the United States, political parties debate economic, political, and social issues, Bosnian politicians debate national and ethnic issues. This hypersensitivity to controversial domestic issues leads to political stalemate and a lack of progress. Most recent social unrests which culminated into mass protests are a direct result of the insufficiencies and lack of implementation of the peace agreement.
Due to the current political crisis and instability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) and the Institute for the Research of Genocide Canada (IRGC) jointly call upon all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to exercise their right to protest in …
