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When did the Srebrenica genocide take place?

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Two women in headscarves embrace and mourn over a green coffin among rows of identical coffins at the Potocari cemetery during the Srebrenica massacre mass funeral. — Srebrenica genocide Women mourning over a coffin before the mass funeral for 136 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, 2015.

The Srebrenica genocide took place in July 1995. The offensive against the town began on July 6, 1995, and Bosnian Serb forces entered Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The systematic mass executions of Bosniak men and boys occurred primarily between July 12 and July 16, 1995.1

This atrocity, which involved the targeted killing of thousands of Bosniaks, represents a profound violation of human rights and international law. The international community recognizes these events as a genocide, affirming the fundamental ethical principle that all human beings possess an inherent right to life and dignity, and that such acts of systematic violence are morally indefensible.1