Overview

• Thousands of survivors, family members and international dignitaries, including UN representatives, gathered at Potocari Memorial Centre on the UN-designated day of remembrance
• Families laid to rest the partial remains of seven newly identified victims, some represented by as little as one or two bones
• Bosnia’s Institute for Missing People confirms about 7,000 victims have been identified and buried, leaving nearly 1,000 still unlocated after exhumations from secondary mass graves
• The International Court of Justice and the Hague tribunal have ruled that the 1995 massacre constitutes genocide, resulting in life sentences for leaders such as Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic
• Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic continue to contest the genocide designation, fueling persistent political division