As a former colonial power, the Netherlands not only profited from slave trade but also colonisation of countries like Indonesia, where the Dutch military committed war crimes.
The European Union’s most senior representative to the Balkans is accused of standing by while one of Bosnia’s most powerful Serb leaders threatens to break up the country.
Increasingly, Balkan leaders are questioning and seeking to whitewash crimes committed in the 1990s as genocide denial continues to gain ground in the region.
Her only remaining wish was to find the body of her son who disappeared on July 10, 1995 at the age of 26.
Milorad Dodik, the Serbian member of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is bringing wood to the fire of ethnic divisions, which can push the country back to its violent past.
The move reflects Serb opposition to the Bosnian law amendments imposed last week by Valentin Inzko, the outgoing High Representative in Bosnia. The amendments aimed to outlaw attempts at minimizing the scope of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica.
Serb politicians in Bosnia deny the Srebrenica genocide, which was carried out by ethno-nationalist Serb militias. Instead, they have repeatedly played down the sufferings of Bosnians during the war.
Twenty-six years after they were brutally murdered, 16 men, two teenage boys, and a woman are laid to rest at Potocari memorial in Srebrenica, joining more than 6,600 other genocide victims already reburied there.
The July 11, 1995 execution of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys is the only declared genocide in Europe since World War II.
Families of the victims gather every year on July 11 in Srebrenica and bury bodies that were found in the mass graves during the previous year.
Nana Fata’s small victory is a source of inspiration and a symbol of justice for Bosnians in a period of rising genocide denialism in the region and beyond.
Bosnia's constitution is part of the Dayton peace accords, which ended the war but has proven to be insufficient to move the country forward to membership in the European Union and NATO.
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