Tour type: Historic, Siege, War & Genocide
9 - 10 hours
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Location: Tours | Srebrenica | Never Forget Srebrenica 11.07.1995.
In desire to really know, see and feel the unfortunate Bosnian Genocide, there is no better way but to visit Srebrenica.
I (as your guide) honestly think that visiting Srebrenica can, one day be a peak of, infinite salvation for the lost valleys of human souls.
So, in a way, this tour can help to understand what Srebrenica is today, what it had been yesterday, and day before, but most of all what Srebrenica can become with your help and help of others.
So, your way of helping, freely leave to me, to explain to you.
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The Srebrenica massacre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide, refers to the July 1995 killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, as well as the ethnic cleansing of another 25,000–30,000 refugees, in and around the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by units of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) under the command of General Ratko Mladić during the Bosnian War. A paramilitary unit from Serbia known as the Scorpions, officially part of the Serbian Interior Ministry until 1991, participated in the massacre. It is alleged that foreign volunteers including the Greek Volunteer Guard also participated.
In April 1993 the United Nations had declared the besieged enclave of Srebrenica in the Drina Valley of north-eastern Bosnia a "safe area" under UN protection. However in July 1995 the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), represented on the ground by a 400-strong contingent of armed Dutch peacekeepers, failed to prevent the town's capture by the VRS and the subsequent massacre by the Bosnian Serbs of more than 8,000 civilians and prisoners, mostly men and boys.
The Srebrenica massacre is the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II. In 2004, in a unanimous ruling on the "Prosecutor v. Krstić" case, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), located in The Hague, ruled that the massacre of the enclave's male inhabitants, accompanied by the forcible transfer of all of the women, children and elderly, constituted a crime of genocide. Theodor Meron, the presiding judge, stated:
By seeking to eliminate a part of the Bosnian Muslims, the Bosnian Serb forces committed genocide. They targeted for extinction the 40,000 Bosnian Muslims living in Srebrenica, a group which was emblematic of the Bosnian Muslims in general. They stripped all the male Muslim prisoners, military and civilian, elderly and young, of their personal belongings and identification, and deliberately and methodically killed them solely on the basis of their identity.
In February 2007 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concurred with the ICTY judgement that the atrocities committed at Srebrenica constituted a genocide, stating:
The Court concludes that the acts committed at Srebrenica falling within Article II (a) and (b) of the Convention were committed with the specific intent to destroy in part the group of the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina as such; and accordingly that these were acts of genocide, committed by members of the VRS in and around Srebrenica from about 13 July 1995.
The ICJ also ruled that Serbia "has violated the obligation to prevent genocide", and that Serbia was to cooperate fully with the ICTY including the transfer of individuals accused of genocide to the ICTY. Ratko Mladić has been accused by the ICTY but still remains at large and is suspected of hiding in Serbia or in the entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina called the Republic of Srpska.
The majority of those killed were adult men and teenage boys but the victims included boys aged under 15, men over the age of 65 and even reportedly babies. The Preliminary List of People Missing or Killed in Srebrenica compiled by the Bosnian Federal Commission of Missing Persons contains 8,373 names, some 500 of them under 18, and includes several dozen women and girls. As of March 2010, 6414 genocide victims have been identified through DNA analysis of body parts recovered from mass graves and 3,647 victims have been buried at the Memorial Centre of Potočari.
In 2005, in a message to the tenth anniversary commemoration of the genocide, the Secretary-General of the United Nations described Srebrenica as the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War, and while noting that great nations had failed to respond and that blame lay first and foremost with those who planned and carried out the massacre and those who assisted and harboured them, acknowledged that the UN itself had made serious errors of judgement and the tragedy of Srebrenica would haunt the UN's history forever.
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Our way ends up at the Baščaršija square where the drop off will take place.
Tour Schedule
Srebrenica tour is a whole day tour with departure from Sarajevo taking place at 09:00 and approximate return around 18:00 - 19:00 hours.
The free pickup includes departure/return anywhere in Sarajevo (e.g.your accommodation: Hotel, Hostel, etc.).
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Tour Pricing
The pricing for Srebrenica Tour is calculated in a way to offer the greatest value for the money invested for this experience.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are one person or you do not match our minimum number of persons on the tour criteria, feel free to Contact Us, and we shall somehow find you the way to fit you into your desired tour!
Other benefits of booking a tour with us:
Special Offer
Special offer for this tour includes two options and to book make sure you select desired checkbox in the final booking form.
- Airport and Lukavica Bus station pickup & drop off anywhere in Sarajevo in case you book for unique price of 15 EUR for one way ride, or 25 EUR for two way ride. Max 8 people for one ride.
- Hostel type of the accommodation in the pure center of Old Town at a 25% discount.
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- Larger group bookings (more than 10 pax) always undergo certain discounts, so count on that!
Additional Information
- The tour costs cover 2way transport from Sarajevo to Srebrenica and Potočari, arrangements of Memorial center exploration (ex-car batteries factory - UN base, professional Memorial center guide and cemetery visit).
- We also arrange restaurant(s) or cafe bars visits in Srebrenica or along our trip, but the full costs of food and drinks are upon customers will and their decision.
- Free DVD of your choice on subject about Siege of Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Srebrenica Genocide.
- Free refreshments.
- Keep in mind that the whole tour is full time flexible and no fixed schedules are taking place, meaning we are here to answer any request you might have.
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