Srebrenica and genocide denial in the former Yugoslavia

‘The law comes first?’: the dynamics of victims’ redress in Bosnia and Herzegovina

“…As Srebrenica families became genocide survivors according to ICTY's and later international rulings, their victimhood reached levels of undeniable authority in Bosniak and Bosniak-leaning circles. The subsequent politics of Srebrenica has become domestically complex, polarizing, and imbued with conspiracy theories (Obradovic-Wochnik 2009;Nettelfield and Wagner 2013;Radisavljević and Petrov 2017). However, the event, its annual commemoration and its leading female voices have become the ideal-type representatives of Bosniak 'ultimate victimhood' (Helms 2013, 41), attracting extensive support of the main nationalist Bosniak as well as civic parties.…”