Srebrenica Genocide

Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 1995–1995

AdjudicatedJudicial finding

The July 1995 mass execution of around 8,000 Bosniak men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces — the only event of the Bosnian War judicially ruled to be genocide.

Perpetrator

Army of Republika Srpska (VRS)

Target group

Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys

Deaths (estimate)

7,000 – 8,372 (best: 8,000)

Protected category

Ethnical, Religious

Process stage (Stanton)

1 Classification

2 Symbolization

3 Discrimination

4 Dehumanization

5 Organization

6 Polarization

7 Preparation

8 Persecution

9 Extermination

10 Denial

Recognition status

Judicial finding. ICTY (Krstić) and the ICJ (Bosnia v. Serbia, 2007) both ruled the Srebrenica massacre constituted genocide.

AdjudicatedJudicial finding