The 1995 Srebrenica Genocide And The Risk Of Further Atrocities Now
The post The 1995 Srebrenica Genocide And The Risk Of Further Atrocities Now appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. July 11, 2025, marks the 3oth anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War. The Srebrenica genocide refers to a massacre when, in July 1995, the Bosnian Serb army overran Srebrenica, which was previously declared a safe area by the U.N. Security Council, and brutally murdered thousands of men and teenagers, and expelled between 20,000 and 30,000 people (women, children, and older persons) from the town. The brutal killing of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica by the army of Republika Srpska was recognized as an act of genocide by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as well as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The ICTY and its legal successor, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), tried 20 individuals for crimes committed in Srebrenica in July 1995. A total of 16 persons, including high-level officials such as Radislav Krstić, Ratko Mladić, and Radovan Karadžić, were convicted for crimes committed in Srebrenica. July 11 was designated by the U.N. General Assembly as the U.N. International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica. The resolution establishing the U.N. day, sponsored by Germany and Rwanda, requested the U.N. Secretary-General to establish an outreach program entitled “The Srebrenica Genocide and the United Nations”, starting its activities with preparations for the 30th anniversary in 2025. It further condemned any denial of the Srebrenica genocide as a historical event, and urged Member States to preserve the established facts, including through their educational systems by developing appropriate programs, also in remembrance, towards preventing denial and distortion, and the occurrence of genocides in the future. Marking the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres stressed: “We remember the victims and honor the courage of the survivors – including…
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July 11, 2025, marks the 3oth anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War. The Srebrenica genocide refers to a massacre when, in July 1995, the Bosnian Serb army overran Srebrenica, which was previously declared a safe area by the U.N. Security Council, and brutally murdered thousands of men and teenagers, and expelled between 20,000 and 30,000 people (women, children, and older persons) from the town. The brutal killing of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica by the army of Republika Srpska was recognized as an act of genocide by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as well as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The ICTY and its legal successor, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), tried 20 individuals for crimes committed in Srebrenica in July 1995. A total of 16 persons, including high-level officials such as Radislav Krstić, Ratko Mladić, and Radovan Karadžić, were convicted for crimes committed in Srebrenica. July 11 was designated by the U.N. General Assembly as the U.N. International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica. The resolution establishing the U.N. day, sponsored by Germany and Rwanda, requested the U.N. Secretary-General to establish an outreach program entitled “The Srebrenica Genocide and the United Nations”, starting its activities with preparations for the 30th anniversary in 2025. It further condemned any denial of the Srebrenica genocide as a historical event, and urged Member States to preserve the established facts, including through their educational systems by developing appropriate programs, also in remembrance, towards preventing denial and distortion, and the occurrence of genocides in the future. Marking the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres stressed: “We remember the victims and honor the courage of the survivors – including…
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