LA NÉGATION DU GÉNOCIDE DE SREBRENICA : ENTRE PÉNALISATION ET LIBERTÉ D’EXPRESSION
DENIAL OF THE SREBRENICA GENOCIDE: BETWEEN CRIMINALISATION AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Author(s): Merima MustafićSubject(s): Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sociology of Law, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: INSTITUT LOUIS FAVOREU
Keywords: Srebrenica; Holocaust denial; International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; International Court of Justice; article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights; article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights; historical revisionism;
Summary/Abstract: This contribution focuses on the criminalization of denial of the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its legal implications. The imposition in 2021, by decision of the International High Representative, of an amendment to the Criminal Code of Bosnia Herzegovina, criminalizing the denial and glorification of genocide, has aroused strong resistance, particularly in the entity Bosnian Serb Republic. The complex interplay between the criminalization of genocide denial and the right to freedom of expression is also discussed. Although the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2024 designating July 11 as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, the eradication of genocide denial remains a major challenge to this day.
Journal: LETTRE DE L’EST
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 39
- Page Range: 20-31
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French
