Log books at the Tuzla center of the International Commission on Missing Persons
Photo by Iain Page, 2004

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Srebrenica Commemoration

On July 11, 1995 units of the Bosnian Serb Army led by General Ratko Mladić overran the Dutch peacekeeping forces protecting Bosnian Muslim refugees in the UN “safe area” of Srebrenica and began the systematic execution of up to 8,000 men and boys.

Many of them were rounded up, separated from their families and shot on the spot or in the neighboring villages. Others, who tried to make their ways through Serb territory, were captured later and executed or shelled and gunned down in ambushes.

Although some of the perpetrators have been since sentenced or are standing trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, these actions, the largest genocide in Europe since the end of the Second World War, took place amidst the silent neglect of most of the international community. The main architects of the slaughter still remain at large.

In line with its mission to preserve, maintain and make publicly accessible records related to human rights abuses, the staff of the Human Rights Watch Archives in the Columbia University Libraries have arranged a program of documentaries and other film footage to commemorate the events of 1995. The films will run continuously on two individual monitors in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, within the intimate space of the Chang Gallery.

The program runs through July 29, and is open from 9 until 4:45, Tuesday through Friday, and 12 until 4:45 on Monday.

Contact: For further information regarding this event, please contact Csaba Szilagyi by sending e-mail to cs2316@columbia.edu .

This project would not have been possible to accomplish without the generous contribution of the Open Society Archives, WITNESS, Speranza Film AS, and Bullfrog Films, and courtesy of Journeyman Pictures, First Run / Icarus Films, and Ideale-Audience International.

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To learn more about the fall of Srebrenica and its aftermath go to:

Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, inc.

The Advocacy Project

American Refugee Committee

Amnesty International

B92

Bard College – Human Rights Project

Bosnian Institute