27 YEARS AFTER THE GENOCIDE IN SREBRENICA, THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES
Although in 1993 Srebrenica was declared a protected zone by the United Nations, i.e., exempted from armed attacks, this did not prevent the in the period of six days from July 11 – 16, 1995, in Srebrenica, genocide against Bosniaks was committed, the most terrible crime on European soil since the Second World War. 8372 Bosniak victims perished in the genocide in Srebrenica.
50 victims of genocide will find their peace in Potocari this year. The bodies of three minors, aged 16 and 17, will be buried as the youngest victims to be buried this year, among them the twins Samir and Semir Hasanovic, who were 20 years old at the time of their death.
This year, as the oldest victim, Husein Krdzic, who was 59 years old in 1995, will also find his peace in Potocari. So far, 6,671 victims of genocide have been buried in the Potocari Memorial Center.
Ratko Mladic, the commander-in-chief of the Army of the Republika Srpska, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2021 for the genocide in Srebrenica, and Drazen Erdemovic and Radislav Krstic were sentenced before him.
Association Network for Building Peace deeply sympathizes with the families of the victims, expresses hope that the remains of the victims of the genocide, which have not yet been found, will be found soon, and that all the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica will find their final peace, and that all the perpetrators of the genocide will be finally prosecuted and adequately punished.
The Network for Building Peace (Network), a coalition that gathers 223 members, organizations and schools from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the aim of building sustainable peace, has been making long-term comprehensive efforts to restore the quality of social and economic life in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Team of the Association Network for Building Peace
