Justice For All Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide

July 11, 2025

Thirty years ago, the world witnessed one of its darkest chapters – the Srebrenica genocide, where over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were systematically murdered as part of the wider genocide against Bosnian Muslims that claimed more than 100,000 lives. As the UN has recognized, this remains Europe’s worst atrocity since the Holocaust, a permanent stain on the conscience of humanity.

Justice For All President, Imam Malik Mujahid, stated: “Srebrenica teaches us that genocide never happens in isolation, it is always preceded by dehumanization, enabled by international inaction, and followed by denial. Today, we see this same deadly pattern repeating in Gaza.”

Our organization played a critical role during the Bosnian genocide through the Bosnia Task Force. As our Director of UN Operations and former Bosnian diplomat Imam Saffet Catovic noted: “We mobilized when others turned away, documenting atrocities and demanding action. Potočari’s graves (including those newly dug) mark where the world failed Bosnia. Gaza’s rubble shows where we’re failing again. How many ‘Never Agains’ must we mourn? Today, we make the same demands for Gaza that we made for Bosnia: stop the killing, lift the sieges, and prosecute the perpetrators.”

The Palestinian people are today’s Srebrenica victims. The numbers are staggering:

• 7,000 Srebrenica victims identified and buried, with 1,000 still missing
• 377,000 Palestinians currently unaccounted for in Gaza (Harvard Humanitarian Initiative)
• More than 57,000 confirmed killed in Gaza, including 17,000+ children

The Srebrenica Memorial Centre’s 2024 report documented 305 instances of genocide denial, led by Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and his confederates. Similarly, Gaza’s truth is being erased in real-time-hospitals, schools and houses of worship, repeatedly bombed, mass graves uncovered, and entire generations traumatized by genocide.

Justice For All demands:

• Immediate ceasefire and full humanitarian access to Gaza
• Accountability through the ICC for all genocide perpetrators
• Sanction and boycott by countries and institutions in keeping with ICJ rulings of Israeli war machine
• End to all U.S. military aid enabling Israel’s atrocities
• Consistent Recognition of both the Bosnian and Palestinian genocides, pushing back against the genocide deniers and history revisionists, including through media engagement and response

We call on all people of conscience to:

• Visit the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and participate in any commemoration ceremonies taking place in your localities. Visit the powerful exhibition “The Lives Behind the Fields of Death” at the UN in New York
• Pressure governments to stop supporting genocide
• Stand against genocide denial and historic revisionism in all its forms
• The graves of Srebrenica and Gaza’s rubble cry out with the same message: Never Again Means Never Again for Anyone, anywhere and everywhere.

Justice For All

Defending Human Rights. Challenging Genocide. Demanding Justice.

Justice For All emerged from the historic Bosnia Task Force (BTF), a coalition of ten Muslim organizations that played a pivotal role during the genocide. Through relentless U.S. advocacy efforts, BTF successfully lobbied to lift the deadly arms embargo, fought for international recognition of rape as a war crime, and helped mobilize the global response that ultimately stopped the slaughter. Our work during those dark days established Justice For All’s enduring commitment to confronting genocide wherever it occurs.