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About Peter Lippman

Peter Lippman is a writer and human-rights activist from the United States who has worked extensively in Bosnia and much of ex-Yugoslavia. He is a contributor to (among others) the resource site Balkan Witness, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Americans for Bosnia, and the Advocacy Project 

Articles by Peter Lippman

Tuesday 7th February

Bosnia: blood, honey, and war's legacy

Peter Lippman, 7 February 2012
A film portrayal of the horrors of systematic rape during Bosnia's war of 1992-95 highlights the victims' suffering and bravery. But the romantic thread of Angelina Jolie's work fails to convince, says Peter Lippman.
Tuesday 19th October

Bosnia’s politics of paralysis

Peter Lippman, 19 October 2010
Bosnia’s tenth election since the end of the war of 1992-95 highlights the damaging influence of a post-war settlement that institutionalises ethnic politics, says Peter Lippman.
Thursday 15th July

Srebrenica, fifteen years on

Peter Lippman, 15 July 2010
The dignified commemorations of the massacre of Bosnian Muslims in July 1995 retain their integrity and human core, even as the leaders of a divided Bosnia seek to channel the grief into political pageantry. Peter Lippman, in eastern Bosnia, reports.
Thursday 17th June

Visegrad, memory and justice

Peter Lippman, 17 June 2010
The survivors of a terrible but neglected atrocity in a historic Bosnian town continue to campaign for remembrance and accountability. Peter Lippman joins them on their return to the site.
Sunday 14th February

Bosnian voice, Yugoslavian memory

Peter Lippman, 14 February 2010
The sense of justice and consistency of principle of the Bosnian activist Mladen Grahovac should be a reference-point for those attempting to repair a fragmented country, says Peter Lippman.
Tuesday 18th December

Crisis and reform: a turnaround in Bosnia?

Peter Lippman, 18 December 2007
The easing of an internal crisis leaves the big questions unresolved
Monday 30th October

Kosovo: approaching independence or chaos?

Peter Lippman, 30 October 2006
Serbs' endorsement of a constitution reaffirming sovereignty over Kosovo casts a further shadow over the "final status" of the contested territory. Peter Lippman, recently in Pristina, maps one of Europe's most intractable disputes.
Wednesday 23rd August

Srebrenica's search for justice

Peter Lippman, 23 August 2006
The Serb massacre of around 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in July 1995 remains agony to the survivors, professional challenge to lawyers and scientists, and a source of political polarisation among Bosnians and Serbs, reports Peter Lippman.

The discovery of a mass grave in August 2006 near Zvornik in eastern Bosnia containing the remains of 1,150 Bosnian victims of the Srebrenica massacre is only the most recent evidence of the scale of the atrocity per

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