Srebrenica Flashcards
1
Q
When was the Bosnian War?
A
- 1992-1995
- Part of breakup of Yugoslavia
2
Q
What was the ethnic makeup of Bosnia?
A
- 42% Bosnian Muslims
- 32% Orthodox Serbs
- 17% Catholic Croats
3
Q
When was Bosnia declared independent?
A
- 1992
- Serbs boycotted referendum used to decide this
4
Q
How did the Bosnian War end?
A
- Signing of Dayton Accords
- Following NATO bombing campaign against Serbia and JNA (Yugoslav Army)
5
Q
What human rights violations occurred during the Bosnian War?
A
- Ethnic cleansing
- displacement of ethnic groups
- Genocide
- mass extermination of ethnic groups
6
Q
What is Srebrenica?
A
- Majority Bosniak area in East Bosnia
- surrounded by Serbs since 1992
- UN peacekeepers were deployed
- 600 Dutch troops
- declared as a safe zone for 20-25,000
- could not disarm Bosniak fighters in area
7
Q
What happened at Srebrenica?
A
- Mladic led Serb military into Srebrenica
- 600 Dutch peacekeepers forming UN force did not intervene
- NATO could not orchestrate air strikes due to weather
- 30 Dutch and French hostages were captured and threatened
- 8372 Bosnian males above 12 years were massacred
- Genocide
- 20,000+ women and children deported
- Ethnic Cleansing
8
Q
Why was intervention not done in Srebrenica?
A
- Half measures were taken
- was not threatening enough to Mladic
- Did not note early signs preluding massacre
- Waited until TV screens showed devastation
- voters pressured those in authority to act
- in form of NATO bombing campaign
- led to end of war
