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  1. Historic crimes & investigations · 11-19 July 1995

    Srebrenica Genocide

    Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial Center · Bosnia and Herzegovina

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    1. Quick read

      After Bosnian Serb forces captured the United Nations-declared safe area of Srebrenica in July 1995, women, children, and older people were forcibly removed and thousands of Bosniak men and boys were detained and systematically killed.

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    2. Trigger and conditions

      Bosnian Serb units advanced into Srebrenica on 11 July 1995.

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    3. Uncertainty

      The judicial finding that genocide occurred is not an open evidentiary question.

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    4. Why it matters

      Srebrenica records the catastrophic failure to protect a declared safe area and the organized attempt to destroy a community.

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