Besa Ismaili 11 July 2025
Three decades have passed since the genocide in Srebrenica, three decades since over 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were systematically executed, while international forces, under a United Nations mandate, stood by, disabled to act.Though long delayed, the 2024 UN General Assembly resolution recognizing July 11 as the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide marked an important, yet symbolic step toward truth-telling. It seeks to institutionalize memory, counter persistent denial, and affirm the gravity of the atrocity. Yet symbolism alone cannot substitute justice.