Pettigrew: Failure to respond to genocide denial undermines hope for transitional justice in BiH

SARAJEVO, July 10 (FENA) – As we mark the anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, we preserve and reaffirm the truth about the genocide while paying tribute to its victims. However, despite the United Nations resolution establishing the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide and the landmark amendments to the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina imposed by the High Representative in 2021, it is deeply concerning that genocide denial and the glorification of convicted war criminals continue unchecked, undermining hope for transitional justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina, David Pettigrew, Professor of Philosophy and Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Southern Connecticut State University, told FENA.