Srebrenica

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Srebrenica is a town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina known as the site of the 1995 massacre of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys during the Bosnian War, an event widely recognized as genocide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeCenterOf Municipality of Srebrenica NERFINISHED
associatedWith Dutchbat peacekeeping contingent NERFINISHED
commandersInvolved Ratko Mladić NERFINISHED
commemoratedOn 11 July
commemorationName Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Day NERFINISHED
conflict Bosnian War NERFINISHED
country Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED
eventDate July 1995
governedBy municipal council
hasCemetery Potočari genocide victims cemetery NERFINISHED
hasEthnicCommunity Bosniaks NERFINISHED
Serbs NERFINISHED
hasMemorial Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery NERFINISHED
hasRelief mountainous terrain
hasResource mineral springs
historicallyKnownFor silver mining
historicalPopulation majority Bosniak before Bosnian War
knownFor 1995 massacre of Bosniak men and boys
Srebrenica genocide NERFINISHED
locatedIn Balkan Peninsula NERFINISHED
Birač region NERFINISHED
Drina River valley NERFINISHED
Europe
Podrinje region NERFINISHED
Republika Srpska NERFINISHED
eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED
near Potočari NERFINISHED
numberOfVictimsEstimate over 8,000
officialLanguage Bosnian
Croatian NERFINISHED
Serbian NERFINISHED
partOf Bosnian War NERFINISHED
perpetratorForGenocide Army of Republika Srpska NERFINISHED
politicalEntity Republika Srpska NERFINISHED
population several thousand inhabitants
postWarIssue return of displaced persons
war crimes trials
recognizedAs site of genocide
recognizedBy International Court of Justice NERFINISHED
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia NERFINISHED
stateEntity Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED
subdivisionType municipality
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED
UNStatusDuringWar UN-declared safe area
victimGroup Bosniak men and boys

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