Overview

• Thousands gathered on July 11 at Potocari to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 massacre and lay newly identified remains to rest.
• Forensic teams have recovered over 80 percent of the estimated 8,000 victims’ remains but about 1,000 are still unaccounted for, according to the Institute for Missing Persons.
• Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik continues to reject the genocide label, calling it a “grave war crime” and refusing Serb participation in commemorations.
• The International Court of Justice recognized Srebrenica as genocide in 2007, and Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic received life sentences for war crimes and genocide.
• Segregated school curricula and enduring collective trauma perpetuate deep interethnic rifts that obstruct reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.