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2018 Max van der Stoel Award Winner – The high school students from the municipality of Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Source:
- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
- Fields of work:
- Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
On 9 November 2018, in The Hague, the Netherlands, the high school students from the municipality of Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina were awarded the 2018 Max van der Stoel Award in recognition of their outstanding courage and inspirational activism, which led to the prevention of further segregation in schools in Jajce as well as throughout the country.
The students successfully resisted the local authorities’ decision to establish a new ethnically segregated school in the municipality in 2016.
The award, co-sponsored by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and the Dutch Foreign Ministry, recognizes extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities across the OSCE countries.
A vision of unity: Jajce’s student movement for inclusive multi-ethnic education
Acknowledging the tenacity and moral authority of the brave students of Jajce, as well as recognizing the need to nurture their quest for inclusive and better quality education, the Jury made the unanimous decision to reward the students of this town in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with this year’s Max van der Stoel Award.
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