Beyond Srebrenica was founded in March 2016. It has no paid staff, and is run entirely by its trustees. The Board includes a number of prominent individuals from Scottish society.
What we do
The Scottish charity coordinates Srebrenica awareness activities in Scotland, commemorations and the Scottish Schools Education programme. It also fundraises and manages the “Lessons of Srebrenica” programme in Scotland. The charity is supported by the Scottish Government’s Connecting Communities Fund.
Despite only being created in 2016, the charity receives high level support across the political spectrum and is already well established in Scottish civic society.
Beyond Srebrenica is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) No SCO46540.
Our story
In July 2015, Scotland marked the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide with a large service within St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, attended by Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP. At this service, the First Minister met the Mothers of Srebrenica and pledged to visit them in Bosnia. In August 2016, she fulfilled that promise and visited the Potočari Cemetery, further raising the profile of the charity and its work.
In 2016, The Scottish Board identified the need to become a separate charity in Scotland and became Remembering Srebrenica Scotland.
In 2024, the charity expanded its remit to also recognise atrocities that happened elsewhere in Bosnia and renamed to Beyond Srebrenica. This new identity also recognised the objective of taking lessons from the Bosnian War and applying them in the current time.