Remembrance of Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Achieving Harmony in the Faceof Discord?

Abstract

The Office of the High Representative has been instrumental in harmonizing memorialization in Bosnia and Herzegovina with international law requirements. A prime example is the remembrance of the Srebrenica atrocity. Construction of the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery was made feasible by the decision. enforced by the High Representative. The Memorial Center may never exist without him. Since Srebrenica is in Republika Srpska, since its founding in October 2000, the Memorial Center's symbolic mission has inspired many. Reuniting Bosnian Muslim refugees in Srebrenica reverses symbolically the effects of Wartime ethnic cleansing and genocide. The 2021 genocide denial ban is 127. Concerned, notwithstanding tensions since its imposition, it symbolizes an essential legislation. The law, not reconciliation, should be the aim. condition that enables reconciliation when political will increases motivated to succeed. A genocide denial prohibition protects and maintains the legal truth and ICTY legacy, providing a foundation for a more Future democratic memory building is possible. Alternatively, it gives a judicial system that may challenge institutional and societal approval denying and triumphing culture. In a democracy, multiple interpretations of history may coexist, but genocide denial and war glorifying should never ensue. criminals. Bosnian genocide denial humiliates victims and survivors, while War criminals are glorified rather than acknowledged. violence victims' pain.However, the 2021 statute punishing denial.

Keywords: Challenging issues,Genocide, law