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Bosnian Genocide

Bosnian Genocide. 1991. Background. Bosnia is one of several small countries that emerged from the breakup of Yugoslavia, a multicultural country created after World War I by the victorious Western Allies.

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Bosnian Genocide

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  1. Bosnian Genocide 1991

  2. Background • Bosnia is one of several small countries that emerged from the breakup of Yugoslavia, a multicultural country created after World War I by the victorious Western Allies. • In April 1992, the U.S and European Community chose to recognize the independence of Bosnia, a mostly muslim country where the serb minority made up 32 percent of the population. • Throughout 1993, confident that the U.N, United States and the European community would not take military action, Serbs in Bosnia freely committed genocide against Muslims.

  3. Goal Of Bosnian Genocide • Conflict between Serbs, Croats and Muslims. • The genocide was committed by the Serbs against the Muslims in Bosnia. • Goal was for the Serbs to have control over Bosnia and kick out the Croats and Muslims.

  4. Outcome • Peace Accord was declared. • Bosnia was partitioned into two main portions known as Bosnian Serb Republic and the Muslim-Croat federation. • Agreement also called for democratic elections and stipulated war criminals would be handed over for prosecution. • 200,000 muslim civilians had been systematically murdered. • 20,000 were missing and feared dead. • 2,000,000 had become refuges.

  5. Foreign Outcome • President George Bush of the U.S. did not get involved using military force but recognized the independence of of Slovenia and Croatia. • The united nations enforced an arms embargo on the former Yugoslavia. However the serbs had a more powerful military force. • U.S and european communities chose to recognize independence of Bosnia • Actions of Serbs was recognized as ethnic cleansing • After a Bosnian Market place was bombed leaving 68 dead and 200 wounded, Military intervention was put in action. • Nato Bombing strike targeted serb artillery positions.

  6. Reasons for collective violence - Wars, terrorism and other conflict that occurred between the two -organized crime like banditry and gun warfare - Abuses of human rights

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