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CK 13 Call for Essays on the Topic “The Right to Peace”

Youth Center CK13, Youth Center KVART, and Youth Initiative for Human Rights—Montenegro announces a call for essays on “The Right to Peace”.

The call is open to young people under 30 from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia.

Through this competition, Youth Center CK13, Youth Center KVART, and Youth Initiative for Human Rights—Montenegro want to contribute to the regional affirmation of the right to peace as a central human and political right.

Inspired by the wave of student uprisings in Serbia and the support in the region the aim is also to contribute to the affirmation and dissemination of young people’s thoughts and views on peace and their role in building more just societies and sustainable peace.

Understanding peace as a multidimensional concept and phenomenon and bearing in mind its structural, cultural, and individual assumptions, essay topics may concern dealing with the war past and present, all forms of violence, non-violence policies, anti-war activism, reconciliation, dialogue, gender/gender equality, social/economic/ecological justice, minority rights, political rights, democracy, the situation in the region or more expansive, the development of local communities…

If these topics are important to you, if you are sensitive to injustice, if you are thinking about how to build a new world and have a penchant for writing, we encourage you to respond to the call and convey through the written word what you consider and feel is relevant for building peace and affirming the right to peace.

Papers should correspond to the essay form between 1000 and 3000 words. Use the Times New Roman font, size 12, and line spacing 1.5 when writing.

Papers can be written in Serbian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, and Croatian.

The call is open until March 31, 2025.

Send your essay to [email protected] with the note “Call for essays” and the following basic information:

1. Name and surname
2. Address
3. Phone number
4. Short biography
Representatives of partner organizations will jointly select submitted works based on formal criteria, understanding, personal attitude, and approach to the topic.

The selected essay authors will be awarded a cash prize of 100 euros.

The collection of selected essays will be published in print and digital form, publicly promoted, and distributed through the organizers’ and authors’ friendly and partner networks. In addition to the selected essays, the collection will include essays by established regional authors.
The selection results will be announced by the end of May. Only the authors of the selected essays will be contacted.

The call is announced within the framework of the “Right to Peace” project, supported by the SMART Balkans.