NJ SCR109

New Jersey Legislature formally recognizes the Srebrenica genocide, in which more than 8,000 Bosnian citizens, mostly Bosniak civilians, were executed in July 1995 as part of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian War.

The resolution commemorates the 30th anniversary of both the Srebrenica genocide and the Dayton Accords, signed November 21, 1995, which ended the Bosnian War.

The United Nations declared Srebrenica a safe area in 1993 with peacekeepers present, but the massacre still occurred; the International Court of Justice ruled in February 2007 that the atrocities constituted genocide.

The UN designated July 11 as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide in May 2024.

Copies of the resolution will be transmitted to the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States and to the UN Mission in New York.