Genocide

Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the most religiously and ethnically diverse of all the constituent republics of the former Social...

The Siege of the Srebrenica Enclave

From early April to mid-May of 1992, Srebrenica and the surrounding areas were under the control of Bosnian Serb forces. Under the political leadershi...

The Srebrenica 'Safe Area'

After a series of brutal VRS attacks, including the shelling of a school playground in which 74 children were killed and more than 100 wounded, the in...

GENOCIDE IN SREBRENICA

In June of 1995, the command of the Drina Corps of the Bosnian Serb Army prepared "Krivaja-95," the military plan of attack against the Srebrenica enc...

Mass graves

In August 1995, aerial photos showing recently dug mass graves alerted the world to the enormous cover-up operation which had been undertaken by Bosni...

Verdicts

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was established by the United Nations Security Council in 1993 to prosecute the mass kil...

DENIAL

Genocide denial denotes any attempt to negate or minimize the historical facts of genocide, and is increasingly recognized as the final stage of genoc...

PREVENTION

The Srebrenica Memorial Center views the responsibility to prevent future genocide and mass atrocities as an important part of honoring the memory of...