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About Christophe Solioz

Christophe Solioz is Secretary-General of the Centre for European Integration Strategies (CEIS) in Geneva. He is the co-director with Wolfgang Petritsch of the series Southeast European Integration Perspectives at the Nomos publishing house. He recently published Retour aux Balkans. Essais d'engagement 1992-2010 (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2010). 

Articles by Christophe Solioz

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Saturday 28th May

Bosnia: what course after the storm?

Christophe Solioz and Wolfgang Petritsch, 28 May 2011
Between the advocates of interventionism, who think that only action from the international community can prevent Bosnia’s implosion, and those who, on the contrary, deem Bosnians to be the only ones who should be responsible for their future, we are convinced of the necessity of a middle path: one of shared responsibility, with a demanding partner who can go beyond the past errors and put the country on the road to EU membership
Wednesday 4th May

Christophe Solioz

Christophe Solioz, 4 May 2011

In 2050 the justice gap—the divide between national sovereignty and international responsibility, between the political and the judicial—is being mastered and closed.

Carla Del Ponte’s fight against impunity between 1999 and 2007 contributed to the setting of new standards that were adopted and enhanced by the international community.

Criminal violence significantly reduced and, above all, the victims of massive crimes and genocide saw justice done. The willpower to break the circle of impunity is strongly anchored and makes the world in 2050 different, better, than it was before. 

Copyright / Hélène Tobler. Carla Del Ponte at the theatre La Comédie de Genève on 4 April 2011
Wednesday 29th December

Organ trafficking allegations against Kosovo PM need serious investigation with full cooperation of the EU and the USA

Christophe Solioz, 29 December 2010
Dick Marty's Council of Europe report is serious and credible. It alleges organ trafficking and other crimes and corruption at the heart of the Kosovo Liberation Army and implicates the Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi. Justice now demands a proper judicial enquiry. Denis MacShane disagrees here
Tuesday 1st December

Switzerland in Wonderland

Christophe Solioz, 1 December 2009
The Swiss Minaret vote reveals once again that there are two Switzerlands – one is modern and open, the other is xenophobic and populist
Thursday 7th May

Has Europe dropped the Balkans?

Christophe Solioz, 7 May 2009
Are the Western Balkans ever going to be part of Europe?  Christophe Solioz reviews the situation since the Thessaloniki Summit of 2003
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