Bosnia and Herzegovina Human Rights

Human Rights Concerns

This year marked the 10th anniversary of the massacres at Srebrenica – when at least 7,800 Bosnian Muslims were killed – and the perpetrators of war times human rights abuses remain at large. Impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1992-5 war continue to be widespread. Thousands of “disappearances” are still unresolved. While perpetrators of wartime violations continued to enjoy impunity, victims and their families were denied access to justice and redress. » Read more

Where is Avdo Palic?

July 2005 marked the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of Avdo Palic, the commander of Bosnian Government forces defending the United Nations-protected enclave of Zepa during the Bosnian War. Colonel Palic was seized in front of eye witnesses by Bosnian Serb Army soldiers in Zepa, in July 1995, where he had gone to negotiate with the Bosnian Serb Army, the evacuation of the remaining Bosniac inhabitants from Zepa. Learn more »

Online Chat: Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor John Shattuck

Shortly after the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995, then Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor John Shattuck interviewed survivors of the massacre in Bosnia about their horrific tales of how Serbs had systematically killed thousands of Muslim men of fighting age. View the transcript from our online chat with John Shattuck.
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"Freedom On Fire"

Listen to John Shattuck read a passage from his book, "Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and America's Response," about Srebrenica shortly after the massacre in July 1995.
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Interview: Women of Srebrenica

Beba Had?ic and Magbula Divovic from Bosfam, a Bosnian non-governmental organization that supports internally displaced women from Srebrenica, spoke with us on June 27th about their lives after the Srebrenica massacre and their efforts to encourage reconciliation between Muslim and Serbian women. Listen. »

End Impunity for Bosnian Serb War Crimes Suspects
Ten years ago, some 8,000 Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) were massacred after the UN "safe area" of Srebrenica fell to the Bosnian Serb Army. Crimes committed in Srebrenica have been recognized as amounting to genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Although some perpetrators have been prosecuted at the Tribunal, indicted suspects are still free. » More actions

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