In September 2016 I had the privilege of leading a group of international forensic experts on behalf of Remembering Srebrenica (Scotland) who worked in Bosnia in the 1990s and early 2000s on behalf of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). It was the 20th anniversary of the first deployments to investigate the…
Prominent Scots to Learn Lessons of Genocide in Bosnia
The charity Remembering Srebrenica is taking a delegation of prominent Scottish politicians, educators and journalists to Srebrenica this week to learn how lessons from the worst atrocity on European soil since World War Two can be used to help create a better, safer and stronger society in Scotland. The “Lessons from Srebrenica” delegation will be…
Free education pack helps Scottish children learn lessons from Srebrenica
his year marked the 20th anniversary of the genocide – the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War, which saw more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys systematically murdered because of who they were. The UK charity Remembering Srebrenica has created a comprehensive set of lesson plans that teachers can use…
First Minister meets with Srebrenica survivors
The First Minister travelled with Dr Waqar Azmi OBE, Chairman and Founder of Remembering Srebrenica and the Very Rev Dr Lorna Hood, Chair of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland and met with survivors in order to pay her respects the 8,372 Muslim men and boys who were killed. After visiting the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and walking amongst the…
