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Srebrenica Genocide

Download the Case Study Slideshow: Srebrenica Genocide

 

Dates: July 11 – 19, 1995*
The Srebrenica Genocide happened during the breakup of the former Yugoslavia countries. Other instances of genocide happened during the conflict.

Location: Srebrenica, Bosnia

Perpetrators: Bosnian Serbs, Slobodan Milosevic

Victims: Bosniak Muslims

Number Killed: 8,000 men and boys

Number of Refugees/IDPs: 50,000

Eyewitness Testimony: Christiane Amanpour (1:55)

(Click to watch, 1:55)

Eyewitness Testimony: Hasan Nuhavonic, Srebenica Survivor (2:28)

(Click to watch, 2:28)