NEW 25
years after Srebrenica, genocide denial is pervasive. It can no longer go unchallenged. Bosnian Serb authorities have named a university dormitory
after Radovan Karadžić. This is but one example of how genocide denial
has become mainstream thanks to Bosnian Serb leaders in the Republika Srpska,
where this denial is deep and pervasive. By
Edina Bećirević, euronews, July 11, 2020
Srebrenica
Genocide Denial Report 2020 Questioning the number of victims of
the 1995 massacres, complaining of an international anti-Serb conspiracy,
and glorifying Bosnian Serb wartime leaders are just some of the tactics
used by Srebrenica genocide deniers.
Rarely, if ever, has a genocide been as
normalized as the genocide against the Bosniaks. It is a process which began
simultaneously with the genocide itself—not only with the expansive cover-up
campaign of its perpetrators, but with the rhetorical onslaught of
minimization undertaken by the international community. Denial is an
inextricable part of genocide. It allows both perpetrators and bystanders to
exculpate themselves from feelings of guilt by excluding the victims from
their own moral universe, in which right and wrong, crime and punishment,
are clearly defined. With the task of identifying and burying the dead
nearing completion, the Srebrenica Memorial Center is embarking on a new
chapter in its development. As we continue to grow as an institution, we not
only expand our capacities to honor the memory of Srebrenica’s victims, we
situate ourselves at the forefront of genocide awareness and education
worldwide. Produced by the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and
Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide, May 2020
Road to Dayton paved with genocide
Documents show Bosnian Serb plans changed from "squeezing" Srebrenica, to
overrunning the enclave, to mass murder, in less than two weeks. National
Security Archive, November 23, 2015
The Bosnian War Cables By Colum Lynch,
Foreign Policy, November
22, 2015
A Town Betrayed (Norwegian film) July 18, 2015
How Britain and the US decided to abandon Srebrenica to its fate
New research reveals that Britain and the US knew six weeks before massacre that
enclave would fall – but they decided to sacrifice it in their efforts for peace.
By Florence Hartmann and Ed Vulliamy, July 4, 2015
International Decision Making and the Srebrenica Genocide
The Hague Institute and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted a public panel
on International Decision Making and the Srebrenica Genocide, featuring
key policymakers and officials who discussed and reflected on the
lessons learned from the role of the international community in events leading
up to the July 1995 massacre. Issues addressed during the panel included the
establishment of UN “safe areas”, the UN mandate, the Dutch peacekeeping
mission, and the role of the media. This two-hour video covers the panel. SENSE,
July 1, 2015
Face to face with Radovan Karadzic By Ed Vulliamy,
The
Observer (London), December 3, 2011
Mapping Genocide This documentary animation presents the chronology of events in
Srebrenica between July 6 and 19, 1995. The material lasts 220 minutes and is
divided into 17 maps. By Youth Initiative for Human
Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo), June 17, 2011
Memories of a better future in the aftermath of the Srebrenica genocide
I am not under any illusion that Mladić’s arrest and his trial at the Hague Tribunal might somehow reverse history and bring back all those lost people who made the places Mladić destroyed. I know that my place of birth will forever be tainted with Mladić’s name and the genocide he committed there, rather than known for its natural beauty, rich cultural history, and the people who live(d) there. Like thousands of other survivors, I’ll have to live with this reality and hold onto, as best I can, memories of Srebrenica before Mladić. Nonetheless, I’m hoping that Mladić’s trial will give back dignity to those brutally murdered, and restore the minimum of belief that justice does prevail in the end - that war crimes, like any other crimes, never pay. It is also critical that this possibly last trial at The Hague sparks a public debate on the broader context emphasised in this article: that the 8,372 victims at Srebrenica, 10,000 in Sarajevo, and tens of thousands across Bosnia did not die in a natural disaster. They were all victims of politics still very much alive in Serbia and even more so in Republika Srpska. By Hariz Halilovich, openDemocracy, June 13, 2011
Srebrenica - war crimes deniers
Noam Chomsky invited to give the annual Amnesty International Lecture
(October 2009)
The Work of the International Commission on Missing Persons ICMP provides forensic expertise to locate and identify victims of the wars in the Former Yugoslavia, including the Srebrenica massacre. To date the ICMP has positively identified about 3000 bodies of Srebrenica victims and has partial remains of about 1000 more. The ICMP still predicts that about 8000 were killed in the massacre. By Adam Boys, ICMP, in The Scotsman, March 14, 2007
Controversy over the interview with Chomsky in the
Guardian (UK), Oct 31, 2005
The
Events in and Around Srebrenica between 10th and 19th July 1995
(June 11, 2004)
and its Addendum
(October 15, 2004). The report acknowledged that the mass murder
of more than 7,800 Muslim men and boys was planned. Report of the
Republika Srpska (RS) Commission
Report finds massacre planned
Media coverage of the above RS report, June 2014
Bosnia: The confession of a war criminal By Renaud Girard and Patrick de Saint-Exupery,
Le Figaro (Paris), March 8, 1996 (in French)
Srebrenica Photos:
The Betrayal of Srebrenica: A Commemoration
By Paula Allen and Lisa DiCaprio, 2005
Srebrenica Memorial Photos By Peter Lippman, September-October 2008
On the Western role in the Srebrenica massacre:
> Srebrenica: a genocide foretold, by Sylvie Matton, 2005. Reviewed in Dani, March 3, 2006
> Interview with ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, by Sylvie Matton, Paris-Match, November 2, 2006 (PDF, in French).
Page 1 Pages 2-4 Ms. Del Ponte claims that international observers and politicians knew of plans for mass murder in Srebrenica in advance.
> Some excerpts in English from the above Del Ponte
interview
>
Holbrooke: 'I was under initial instructions to sacrifice Srebrenica, Zepa and Gorazde' Reference to Paris-Match article, November 2, 2006
> Del Ponte: Srebrenica plan was known to Internationals, by Caroline Fetscher,
Der Tagesspiegel, November 2, 2006
>
Report on Bosnian Murders Fuels Debate, by Mark Perelman, Jewish Daily Forward, November 10, 2006
>
Israeli Supreme Court rules against exposing Israel's role in
Bosnian genocide The
Israeli government's arms exports to the Serbian army took place long after the
UN Security placed an arms embargo on various parts of the former Yugoslavia,
and after the publication of testimonies exposing genocide and the creation of
concentration camps. 972 Magazine, December 5, 2016
Srebrenica Suspects Revealed 28,000 people, according to the Republika Srpska authorities, were directly or indirectly involved in the massacre.
August 26, 2006
Srebrenica’s search for justice
The discovery of a mass grave in August 2006 near Zvornik in eastern Bosnia containing the remains of 1,150 Bosnian victims of the Srebrenica massacre is only the most recent evidence of the scale of the atrocity perpetrated in and around the town in the days after 11 July 1995. By Peter Lippman, August 24, 2006
Focus on Srebrenica Suspects Profiles of defendants in largest joint trial ever seen at the Hague court. IWPR, July 7, 2006
Depositions given with the guilty pleas of two high-ranking Bosnian Serb officers who admitted to their participation in the planning and implementation of the Srebrenica massacre, and the subsequent burial and reburial of the victims' bodies:
Momir Nikolic, Chief of Intelligence and Security of the Bratunac Brigade during the Srebrenica executions in July 1995. May 6, 2003.
Dragan Obrenovic, acting commander of the Zvornik Brigade. May 20, 2003
The
Events in and Around Srebrenica between 10th and 19th July 1995 (June 11, 2004)
and the
Final Report (Addendum) (October 15, 2004, PDF file)
Reports of the Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb) government Commission for Investigation of the Events In and Around Srebrenica Between 10th and 19th July 1995
"The report itself admits and provides details of the plan and deliberate liquidation of thousands of Bosniaks [Muslims] by the Bosnian Serb forces," said Bernard Fassier, deputy to Bosnia's top international administrator. (As quoted by the
Associated Press, Nov. 8, 2004.)
See also
Ljubiša Beara, Architect of the Srebrenica Massacre. Beara was the invisible
hand that planned and guided events firmly in the direction of death. By Emir
Suljagic, a survivor of the Srebrenica massacre, November 4, 2004.
Military Analyst Richard Butler testified extensively at The Hague on Bosnian Serb military preparations for the Srebrenica massacre. His testimony (November 10-26, 2003) is indexed here.
His written reports are available in large PDF files. They include:
Srebrenica Military Narrative, Operation Krivaja 95 Nov. 1, 2002, 138 pages (8 MB PDF)
Military Narrative Supporting documentation, 344 files, 85 MB (PDFs)
VRS Brigade Command Responsibility Report Oct. 31, 2002, 40 pages (2.4 MB PDF)
Brigade Command Supporting documentation, 37 files, 43 MB (PDFs) (also available in one Zip file)
Preliminary list of dead of the genocide at Srebrenica in 1995. Bosnia Federal Commission for Missing Persons, June 5, 2005
[No longer available on Domovina.net.]
Beyond Reasonable Doubt, a documentary film produced by SENSE, examines evidence adduced from the judicial process. The film presents the testimony of victims, forensic experts and the confessions of several of the massacre’s perpetrators, side-by-side with the denials and revisionist interpretations that seek to minimize the scale of atrocity. 2005
Execution Video Shocks Serbia NPR, June 3, 2005 (audio)
Belgrade’s Srebrenica Connection, by Aleksandar Mitic, Transitions Online, June 6, 2005
SREBRENICA INVESTIGATION: Summary of Forensic Evidence – Execution Points and Mass Graves. May 16, 2000
[No longer available on Domovina.net.]
Dean Manning witness statement on Srebrenica in Milosevic trial November 24, 2003
[No longer available on Domovina.net.]
War Crimes and Individual Responsibility: A PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR THE INDICTMENT OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC By Paul Williams and Norman Cigar, 1997
France criticises UN on Srebrenica French Parliamentary inquiry. BBC News, November 29, 2001
All That Remains: Identifying the Victims of the Srebrenica Massacre A succinct summary of the Srebrenica massacre and the process of body identification. By Laurie Vollen, Human Rights Center, U.C. Berkeley, 2002
Bridges of Bone and Blood - identifying victims in Bosnia Scientists with the International Committee for Missing Persons (ICMP) identify remains of those killed at Srebrenica. This article discusses how they work, and provides explicit discussion of the Serbian practice of digging up mass graves and hiding the bodies elsewhere.
Radio Netherlands, July 11, 2005 (audio)
In downplaying the massacre, the war-crimes denier Edward Herman has written that he finds evidence of body removal and reburial "unconvincing."