Promotions of the Proceedings on Srebrenica: Researching, Documenting, and Prosecuting Genocide in BiH

As part of the commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica on July 15, 2016, starting at 10:30 AM, a promotion of the Proceedings from the First International Conference “Researching, Documenting, and Prosecuting Genocide in BiH” will be held at the Gazi Husrev-beg Library. The Proceedings summarize the presentations from the First International Conference held independently by the “Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide and the Association of the Movement of Mothers of the Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves”.

The promoters of the Proceedings are conference participants and presenters: Ambassador Jonathan Moore, Head of the OSCE Mission in BiH, Dr. Elias Tauber, Research Associate at the Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law, Sead Omeragić, war reporter, recipient of the award “Best War Reporter of BiH for 1993”, Munira Subašić, President of the Association of the Movement of Mothers of the Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves, and Elmina Kulašić, Senior Advisor at the Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide. 

Last year's Conference was attended by 38 presenters, including Theodor Meron, President of the ICTY, Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY, judges, prosecutors, and investigators of the ICTY who prosecuted the crime of genocide in BiH, high-ranking representatives of German judicial and investigative bodies, Jonathan Moore, Head of the OSCE Mission in BiH, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, EU Ambassador to BiH, David Scheffer, former US Ambassador to the UN and the first US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes, representatives of the Court and Prosecutor's Office of BiH, as well as representatives of war crimes departments at Courts in the region.

Statements for the media are planned between 10:15 AM and 10:30 AM.