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Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? International court will take years to decide, but states have a duty to act now

South Africa instituted a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in late December 2023, claiming Israel was violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide through its actions in Gaza, and requesting provisional measures. Human rights law scholar…

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UN court denies Mladic, who led Bosnia’s Srebrenica genocide, early release

UN court denies Mladic, who led Bosnia’s Srebrenica genocide, early release

Ratko Mladic filed the request to be released on health grounds last month, saying he only had a few months to live.

Genocide’s legal limitations: what the Srebrenica massacre can teach us about Gaza

Genocide’s legal limitations: what the Srebrenica massacre can teach us about Gaza

This July marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, which took place in a mountainous enclave in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the Serbian border.

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From Srebrenica to Gaza, why ‘never again’ keeps failing

Two experts talked to Al Jazeera about how the genocide in Gaza carries echoes of Srebrenica 30 years ago.

‘A true hell’: How three Srebrenica survivors defied death 30 years ago

Amid a genocide, they crawled through slush, trekked through forests, and dodged bullets and bombs, losing loved ones.

‘Just a few bones’: 30 years on, Srebrenica still buries its dead

Seven more victims of the 1995 genocide by Bosnian Serb forces were buried during Friday’s sombre 30-year anniversary.

Why Duchess Sophie Left her Scarf at Heartbreaking Memorial in Bosnia and Herzegovina While Delivering a Message from King Charles

The Duchess of Edinburgh marked the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide.

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'We forget quickly': Remembering Srebrenica 30 years on through the lens of Kristian Skeie

'We forget quickly': Remembering Srebrenica 30 years on through the lens of Kristian Skeie

Photographer Kristian Skeie’s ongoing project documents life in the aftermath of the genocide in Srebrenica, capturing the quiet resilience of survivors and the enduring scars of Europe’s worst atrocity since WWII.

Thousands gather to mark the 30th anniversary of genocide in Srebrenica

Thousands gather to mark the 30th anniversary of genocide in Srebrenica

More than 8,000 Bosniak boys and men were executed by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995, towards the end of the Bosnian War, in what is the only recognised genocide in Europe since the Holocaust.

Thirty years after genocide, Srebrenica has more graves than residents

Thirty years after genocide, Srebrenica has more graves than residents

Thirty years on from Europe’s worst atrocity since the Second World War, the Bosnian town of Srebrenica is still marked by empty streets, rows of graves and families who have never stopped waiting. Home to 6,000 people before the war, it now has fewer than 800 residents, as many young…

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King sends message to mark 30th anniversary of Srebrenica Genocide

King sends message to mark 30th anniversary of Srebrenica Genocide

The Duchess of Edinburgh is currently on a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Graves prepared for Srebrenica victims 30 years after massacre

Graves prepared for Srebrenica victims 30 years after massacre

Fresh graves were dug in Srebrenica for seven recently identified victims of the 1995 massacre, Europe’s only genocide recognised by the UN since World War II, nearly 30 years after their deaths.

Thousands gather on 30th anniversary of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since WWII

Thousands gather on 30th anniversary of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since WWII

Bosnia remains ethnically split

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‘No escape from despair’: How The Independent reported the Srebrenica massacre

‘No escape from despair’: How The Independent reported the Srebrenica massacre

Today marks 30 years since Bosnian Serb forces systematically murdered more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims

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Bosnia Commemorates Srebrenica Genocide 30 Years On

Thousands of people are expected to gather in Srebrenica on Friday to commemorate the genocide committed 30 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces, one of Europe's worst atrocities since World War II. The remains of seven victims of the massacre will be laid to rest during Friday's commemorations, marking the…

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Exhibition in Srebrenica shows personal items of victims before the 30th genocide anniversary

Broken glasses, watches, combs and crumpled, faded identification documents

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‘The voices of our dead have not faded away’: the fight for the memory of genocide in Srebrenica

Three decades on, as leaders deny what happened, remains of the thousands killed continue to be identified and buried

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Remains of 7 newly identified Srebrenica victims will be buried on massacre anniversary

Seven newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia are being laid to rest on the 30th anniversary of the genocide

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Thousands march in Bosnia for the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre

Nearly 7,000 people have embarked on a peace march through the forests of eastern Bosnia in memory of the thousands of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre

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Srebrenica women bury loved ones but remain haunted by memories of 1995 massacre

Women who survived the Srebrenica massacre find some solace in finding their loved ones in far-away mass graves and burying them at the town's memorial cemetery

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Why have so few atrocities ever been recognised as genocide?

An intense argument is raging over whether what has been happening in Gaza since October 2023 is an act of genocide. It is the subject of a case being heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in which South Africa has accused Israel of committing acts of genocide. The…

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Europe’s worst mass murder since World War II happened at Srebrenica. Gretchen Shirm’s novel witnesses the war crimes trial

Gretchen Shirm was a legal intern in the Hague, the UN’s International Court of Justice, which is the setting for her new novel, Out of The Woods. While Shirm interned in 2006, her novel is set earlier, in 2000. It fictionalises the real trial of Radislav Krstić, relating to a…

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Bosnian Serb general Krstić says he ‘aided and abetted’ Srebrenica genocide

Confession met with scepticism after other war criminals made similar statements to win early release from prison

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Can visiting genocide memorials make you more empathic?

Each year, people visit museums and memorial sites as part of educational interventions organised around the remembrance of a genocide or an atrocity. Many schools visit a concentration camp as part of Holocaust education, such as Auschwitz-Birkenau. Others travel to memorial sites associated with other genocides, such as the massacre…

Annual Commemoration Of Srebrenica Genocide Draws Thousands

Annual commemoration of Srebrenica genocide, denial by Serb officials, international recognition, calls for remembrance and prevention.

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