Gary Knight is an Anglo-American war photographer and reporter who has reported from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Cambodia, Iraq, and many other war zones throughout his career. He is currently in Sarajevo for the exhibition “Imagine: Reflections on peace.”
In the interview, he spoke about the exhibition Imagine: Reflections on peace, and how the process of building a post-war society in BiH failed, Klix.ba writes.
”The idea behind the exhibition is to explore post-conflict societies and to really look and ask: Has peace been successful, is it working, what can we learn from all these countries that have passed that experience, what can they learn from each other and what can we learn when we make peace in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and so on,” Knight stated.
He said that after the letter sent by Aida Cerkez, the Ukrainians asked how they could talk to the women who were raped to get evidence and that they asked how it was done in Bosnia.
”After Bosnia, we learned how important it is to have a justice process, to set up tribunals so that people can be held accountable for their actions. That is what we can learn from Bosnia,” Knight explained.
He underlined that there are many things that can be learned on the basis of Bosnian peace.
When it comes to BiH, he believes that a big problem is the small number of women in Parliament, all countries that have had a successful peace process have had a lot of women in the legislature.
”I think that in BiH, 21 percent of elected parliamentarians are women, that is actually a problem, every country that has built a successful post-conflict society has had more women in positions of power and economic inclusion. Rwanda is a fantastic example, where 65 percent of the parliament is made up of women,” he added.
Photo: D. S./Klix.ba
