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ETHICS OF RECONCILIATION – EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES

Societas Ethica’s 59th Annual Conference 2023
August 24-27 2023, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Faculty of Catholic Theology | University of Sarajevo (unsa.ba)

Human Rights Center UNSA

Human Rights Center of the University of Sarajevo opened its doors on 1 January 1997 with the support of the Council of Europe, the European Union, WUS Austria, the Office of the High Representative and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights. The intention of the founders was for the Center to serve as a reference place–meeting point–for representatives of the academic community, governmental and non-governmental organizations, public officials and individuals interested in the study, promotion and protection of human rights. The Center is not conceived as a strict academic institution, but as an active partner in creating public awareness of the importance of effective protection of human rights in everyday life. Respecting the founding principles and the spirit of its mission, the Center has so far:

• participated in the implementation of 40 (forty) national and international educational and scientific research programs, two of which were part of the European FP6 program that involved a large consortium of European universities;

• realized more than 20 (twenty) educational, research and publishing projects;

• represented the University of Sarajevo at numerous domestic and international conferences and gatherings and served as a liaison with various organizations and institutions at home and abroad;

• maintained and developed library services for more than 1,000 users and five postgraduate programs, established and developed a specialized library in accordance with international standards and norms.

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Zorica Maros

Zorica Maros graduated in study of philosophy and theology in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and proceeded her post-graduate studies in Rome, at the Academia Alfonsiana (Italy). She completed a master degree at the Academy in 2007 and was enrolled in a program for doctoral studies. In 2010, she returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina and started working at the Catholic Theological Faculty in Sarajevo. She defended her doctoral dissertation at the Academia Alfonsiana in January 2013. The topic was “Dealing with violence in the ethnic conflict: Is it possible to speak of forgiveness as a moral obligation?”. Currently at graduate studies she teaches fundamental moral, virtue ethics, ethics of Cristian marriage, and bioethics. At the Master program she teaches on violence in ethnic conflicts and forgiveness. She is actively involved (in different programs) in peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 2013 to 2017. she ruled, at Catholic Theological Faculty, the program: “From the war to reconciliation. The contribution of religious communities to healing and rebuilding of society.” Which included a public discussion and international conferences on the topics of violence, injustice and forgiveness, from interdisciplinary and multireligious point of view.

Gaj Trifković

Gaj Trifković (b. 1981 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina) completed all three cycles of higher education at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz, Austria. In addition to being employed as an expert associate at the Human Rights Center of the University of Sarajevo, he is also a prolific author on the history of Southeast Europe.