In 1995, more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims, mainly men and boys, were killed in and around the town of Srebrenica by units of the Army of Republika Srpska under the command of General Ratko Mladić. The mass murder is considered an act of genocide and was described by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War.
All photos by Ron Haviv / VII.
A partially exhumed skeleton lies by markers in a mass grave that contained the bodies of men from the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica, July 8, 1996. It was exhumed by international war crimes investigators. More than 7,000 men were killed when Serbian forces overran the United Nations safe haven of Srebrenica in what was the worst war time atrocity in Europe since World War II. Photo credit: Ron Haviv / VII
Nedžiba Salihović, a woman from Srebrenica, Yugoslavia screams at a United Nations soldier in a refugee camp in Tuzla, Bosnia, July 17, 1995. Over 7,000 men were executed as the United Nations Safe Haven in Srebrenica was overrun by Serb forces, and thousands of bodies were found in mass graves around Srebrenica and still have not been identified. Photo credit: Ron Haviv / VII
Children survivors of the attack on the United Nations Safe Haven in Srebrenica, Yugoslavia wait in a refugee camp in Tuzla, Bosnia, July 16, 1995. Over 7,000 men were executed as the UN Safe Haven was overrun by Serb forces, and thousands of bodies were found in mass graves around Srebrenica that still have not been identified. Photo credit: Ron Haviv / VII
Having survived the Serb attack on Srebrenica, grievers learn of the fall of the United Nations safe haven, Tuzla, Bosnia, July 15, 1995. More than 7,000 Bosnian men were killed and tens of thousands were forced to flee during the attack. Photo credit: Ron Haviv / VII
Ceremonies for the 18-year anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Potocari, Bosnia, July 11, 2013. Photo credit: Ron Haviv / VII
Ceremonies for the 18-year anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Potocari, Bosnia, July 11, 2013. Photo credit: Ron Haviv / VII
Ceremonies for the 18-year anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Potocari, Bosnia, July 11, 2013.
Ceremonies for the 18-year anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Potocari, Bosnia, July 10, 2013. Photo credit: Ron Haviv / VII
Ceremonies for the 18-year anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Potocari, Bosnia, July 10, 2013. Photo credit: Ron Haviv / VII
Ceremonies for the 18-year anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Potocari, Bosnia, July 10, 2013. Photo credit: Ron Haviv / VII
