The round table "Meokrnje - a symbol of the fight against fascism" was held

As part of the manifestation "Meokrnje 2022" at the International University of Travnik in Travnik, a scientific research Round Table was held under the name "Meokrnje - a symbol of the fight against fascism". Academician Mirko Pejanović, vice-president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of BiH, dr. sc. Rasim Muratović, director
of the Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo, prof. Ph.D. sc. Pavle Mijović, full professor of the Catholic Faculty of Theology in Sarajevo, dr. sc. Amir Kliko, Institute for the Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo and author of the book War in Central Bosnia 1992-1994, Vildana Selimbegović, chief and responsible editor of "Oslobođenja", Sead Đulić, president of SABNOR BiH, prof. Ph.D. sc. Kenan Dautović, professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Sarajevo, dr. sc. Dženan Dautović and Remzija Šiljak, author of the monograph of the 7th Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Through the presentation of their scientific and research papers, the participants of the Round Table talked about the importance of anti-fascism in the current social moment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the importance of the platform on the work of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina for the defensive-liberation war (1992-1995), then about the role of the Institute for the Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo in the research of war crimes 1992-1995, the military and political significance of the national liberation movement for the restoration of Bosnian-Herzegovinian statehood and independence, as well as the attitude towards anti-fascism and the wars of the nineties.

Academician Mirko Pejanović presented a paper on the topic "The importance of the platform on the work of the RBIH Presidency for the defensive-liberation war 1992-1995." During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was a member of the Presidency of the Republic of BiH, and he is currently a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of BiH. Academician Pejanović emphasized in his speech that as a strategic goal for the defense of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina had the preservation of the historical multi-ethnic being of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this context, in full unity of its seven members, it was decided
to adopt a program document of a political-constitutional character.

That document was named: "Platform on the work of the Presidency in wartime conditions". On the basis of the Platform's program directions, the unity of the members of the Presidency was ensured in leading the resistance and defense against aggression in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, the formation of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as an armed force for the conduct of the defensive-liberation war and forming the basis for negotiations on achieving a peaceful political solution to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Director of the Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo, dr. sc. Rasim Muratović said that during its activities from its establishment until today, the Institute strongly contributed to the overall development of science
thoughts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In his presentation, Muratović emphasized that the activity of the Institute was focused in particular on research into planning, preparing, starting and/or waging a war of aggression or a war that violates international treaties, agreements or guarantees or participation in a joint plan or conspiracy to carry out any of the aforementioned acts, violations of the laws of war and customs of war and genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes against the civilian population, war crimes against the wounded and sick, and war crimes against prisoners of war.

Full professor of the Catholic Faculty of Theology in Sarajevo, dr. sc. Pavle Mijović spoke about anti-fascism today, the idea, reality and context of agonistic pluralism. In his presentation, Professor Mijović presented the issues and possibilities of anti-fascism in the contemporary context, not from the perspective of normative political theory, but from the perspective of "agonistic pluralism (Chantal Mouffe)".

About the military and political significance of the national liberation movement for the restoration of Bosnian statehood and independence, Dr. sc. Amir Kliko from the Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo and author of the book War in Central Bosnia 1992-1994.

The main and responsible editor of "Oslobođenja", Vildana Selimbegović, in her presentation, spoke about the attitude towards anti-fascism and the wars of the nineties.

One of the participants of the Round Table was Sead Đulić, president of SABNOR BiH
who presented a paper on the topic: "Antifascism and the future of action". During his presentation, Đulić emphasized that anti-fascism is illegal today, as it was from 1941 to 1945, and that all around us are minefields of fascism, neo-Nazism, intolerance and bigotry towards others. He pointed out that everyone must become aware and start acting differently in
to the goal of a better and happier future, and that we should gather in a unified universal anti-fascist front. In the end, Đulić concluded that the initial basis should be the need for a democratic society in which freedom, equality and social justice are guaranteed to everyone at every inch of the state.

Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Sarajevo, dr. sc. Kenan Dautović, presented a paper on the topic "The importance of anti-fascism in the current social moment in Bosnia and Herzegovina" or "Anti-fascism - where is the value today?"

"Muslims of Travnik in the Second World War: rationalization and demystification of the ideological hell" was the topic of the work of dr. sc. Dženan Dautović, who emphasized that the special task of the work is to try to create the genesis of the epithet Travnik as "Ustasha stronghold", an epithet that brought so many problems to Travnik in the years after the end
of the Second World War.

Remzija Šiljak, author of the monograph on the 7th Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was also a participant in the round table "Meokrnje - a symbol of the fight against fascism". In his work "Meokrnje - a symbol of the fight against fascism", Šiljak explained in detail the role of the uprising of the people and nationalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the national liberation struggle of 1941-1945 and the liberation of Meokrnje in the defensive liberation war of 1992-1995.

The round table entitled "Meokrnje - a symbol of the fight against fascism" was organized in cooperation with the Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo.

 

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