"Their refusal to speak out undermines scholarly integrity and the field of genocide studies. This year marks three decades since the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which an estimated 100,000 people lost their lives. The war culminated in the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995, in which the Bosnian Serb forces, led by General Ratko Mladic, known as the Butcher of Bosnia, massacred more than 8,000 men and boys in a United Nations-designated safe area."
"In the following decades, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia heard hundreds of witnesses and sentenced dozens of high-ranking Bosnian Serb political and military leaders, including those convicted of genocide. Meanwhile, the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and foreign donors put significant funds into the study, victim recovery and remembrance of the genocide. When the genocide in Gaza began, many Bosnians who survived the 1992-1995 war saw striking parallels between their own experiences and the suffering of Palestinians."
Silence by many Bosnian intellectuals specializing in war crimes and genocide weakens efforts to pursue justice for Gaza and damages the credibility of genocide studies. The Bosnian war (1992–1995) killed an estimated 100,000 people and culminated in the July 1995 Srebrenica genocide, where Bosnian Serb forces killed over 8,000 men and boys. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia prosecuted numerous perpetrators, and Bosnia and foreign donors funded study, recovery, and remembrance initiatives. When genocide began in Gaza, many Bosnian survivors recognized striking parallels and protested. A smaller group of Bosnian scholars and activists publicly opposed the war and advocated moral responsibility.
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