Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

Srebrenica Genocide Memorial
Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery to Genocide Victims
Memorijalni centar Srebrenica–Potočari
The gravestones at the Memorial Center
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Details
Established20 September 2003; 21 years ago (2003-09-20)
Location
Map
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates44°9′29″N 19°18′6″E / 44.15806°N 19.30167°E / 44.15806; 19.30167
Typepublic, memorial
Sizecentral area and graves:
~ 5 hectares (12 acres);
total: > 10 ha (25 acres)
No. of graves6,504[1][2]
(of 8,372 carved names)[2]
Websitehttps://srebrenicamemorial.org
Founded after Srebrenica massacre

The Srebrenica Genocide Memorial, officially known as the Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide,[3] is the memorial-cemetery complex in Srebrenica set up to honour the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The victims—at least 8,372 of them—were mainly male, mostly Muslim Bosniaks and some Catholic Croats.

As of May 2017, 6,938 genocide victims had been identified through DNA analysis (conducted by the International Commission on Missing Persons) of human remains recovered from mass graves[1] as of July 2021, 6,671 Bosnian Muslim victims had been buried at the memorial cemetery, while another 236 had been buried elsewhere.[4][1][2][5]

  1. ^ a b c "Srebrenica Figures as of 31 May 2017" (PDF). ICMP. 31 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Memorijalni centar, INFO". Memorijalni centar Srebrenica-Potočari. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. ^ Schwarz-Schilling, Christian (25 June 2007). "Decision Enacting the Law on the Center for the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide". OHR. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Srebrenica victims buried 26 years after genocide". France24. 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ Filipovic, Branko (July 11, 2020). "Bosnians mark 25 years since Srebrenica genocide that shocked the world". Reuters. Retrieved May 8, 2021.