BB-011 / Modern
Srebrenica
The Act
Bosnian Serb forces overran the UN-designated "safe area" of Srebrenica. More than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were systematically separated, executed, and buried in mass graves. The killings occurred over several days in July 1995.
The Response
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić, and others of genocide for the Srebrenica massacre. The International Court of Justice also ruled that the events constituted genocide. Annual commemorations continue, and the site remains a focal point of memory and contested history in the region.