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Bosnia's Omarska Concentration Camp

Brief Balkans history, Srebrenica massacre, Omarska camp (ref: Tenth Circle of Hell account of Rezak Hukanovic). Chapter Four of "Global Human Rights," by Peter Van Arsdale, 2017.

Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wall of names at the Potočari genocide memorial near Srebrenica.

Human Rights

Women at the monument for victims of the July 1995 Srebrenica Massacre. At the annual memorial ceremony in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina. July 11, 2007.

Women at the monument for victims of the July 1995 Srebrenica Massacre. At the annual memorial ceremony in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina. July 11, 2007

International Response

The International Court of Justice at the Hague, where prosecutions took place related to the Srebrenica Massacre.

The Srebrenica Genocide Memorial, officially known as the Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide, is the memorial-cemetery complex in Srebrenica set up to honour the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

Survival

Rally for Justice and Truth for Bosnia, survivors and descendants in attendance.

"Rally for Justice and Truth for Bosnia, survivors and descendants in attendance.

About this Resource:

Type(s) of Resources:

Articles

Non-fiction

Primary Source(s):

Interviews

Grade Level(s):

9-12

Audience(s):

Community Member

Teacher and Student

Discipline(s):

Language Arts

Social Studies

Colorado context:

Peter W. Van Arsdale, Ph.D., is recently retired as director of African Initiatives at the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, where he also served as Adjunct Professor. He previously served as a Senior Researcher for eCrossCulture Corporation, based in Colorado. An applied cultural anthropologist, he has worked in E. Africa, S.E. Asia, the Balkans, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America, emphasizing community water resources, human rights, refugee resettlement, and humanitarian intervention.