Thirty years after the genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country is in the grips of an escalating political crisis. In an interview with the Simon-Skjodt Center, Velma Šarić, founder and president of the Post-Conflict Research Center in Sarajevo, warns that without urgent international action, the risk of renewed violence and fragmentation of the state is growing.
Twenty-six years after the end of the Bosnian war, the country could be on the brink of disintegration, while continued genocide denial, recent hate incidents, and divisive nationalism raise concerns about conflict escalation and civilian targeting.
July 11, 2013 marks the 18-year anniversary of the fall of Srebrenica.
Monday, July 11, 2011 marks the sixteen-year anniversary of the fall of Srebrenica. During the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, Srebrenica was one of a few lone Bosniak holdouts in the east. Completely surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, the town was declared a safe haven in 1993, to be protected and disarmed by United Nations soldiers.
Tomorrow, July 11, marks the anniversary of the start of the 1995 genocide at Srebrenica. On this day, newly identified remains are reburied at the Srebrenica Potocari Memorial and Cemetery.
