Sulejmanovic family are Bosniak refugees from the eastern town of Srebrenica, which was captured by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995. © Sanja Vrzić

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Tales of Transition

Years active: 2010-2014

IWPR's Tales of Transition project was funded by the Norwegian embassy in Sarajevo. IWPR is carrying out this project in cooperation with the Sarajevo Centre for Contemporary Arts (Proba) and EFM Student Radio.

While many war-damaged buildings have been repaired since the conflict ended, the psychological scars remain. (Photo: Adam Jones/Flickr)

Bosnians Still Traumatised by War

Hundreds of demobilised soldiers diagnosed with PTSD have taken their own lives since the end of the conflict.

Scene from Tales of Transition, a mini TV-series produced by IWPR.

Films Help Serb Students Understand Bosnian Conflict

IWPR documentaries about refugees raise issues young people in Serbia rarely get the chance to discuss.

Soldiers from Bosnia’s armed forces, 2007. (Photo: Vernes Seferović)

Bosnia's Ex-Soldiers Unite Over Shared Woes

Former foes find common ground in protest over army pensions and unemployment.

The entrance gate to the Dachau camp with its infamous slogan. © Ajdin Kamber

Dachau Offers Bosnian Survivors Memorial Lessons

Former detainees from Bosnia visit notorious Nazi death camp to learn how others commemorate war victims.

Villagers Put Past Behind Them

Bosniaks and Serbs set aside their bitter experiences of recent years to try to live together again.

A Troubled Homecoming

Threatened by local Serbs on their return, Bosniaks in Klotjevac say their lives are not much better several years on.

The Village the War Forgot

They may be from different ethnic groups, but the residents of Baljvine never took up arms against each other.

Yearning for Derventa

As a refugee Meho longed to go back to Derventa, drawn by his love of the river that flows by the town.

Nehrudin

Story of a boy named Nehrudin.