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The Canadian Olympic city of Calgary has declared July 11, 2026, as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide.
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According to the proclamation signed by Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas, July 11, 2026, marks the 31st anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. Through this proclamation, the city aims to raise awareness of the tragic suffering of genocide victims and pay tribute to more than 8,000 innocent civilians who were killed.
The proclamation also recalls that the Parliament of Canada adopted two resolutions on the Srebrenica genocide in 2010 and 2015, declaring July 11 as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide in Canada, and including the genocide in Canada's Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation, and Prevention Month, observed every April.
The proclamation particularly emphasizes that Srebrenica serves as a reminder to reflect on historical injustice, and that victims and future generations deserve remembrance to ensure that such atrocities are never repeated.
Survivors and descendants of the genocide stress the importance of showing solidarity and unity, helping combat hatred, injustice, and discrimination, and working toward a stronger and more diverse community that can guarantee such crimes never happen again. Calgary calls for reflection on historical injustices while also raising awareness of the many forms of discrimination and inequality disproportionately experienced by numerous national groups around the world.
The Institute for Research of Genocide Canada (IGC) stated that the Srebrenica genocide, occurring in a Europe that considered itself civilized and still in the 20th century, represented a fatal and global failure of humanity and civilization, as Europe and the world stood by silently while the genocide unfolded.
''To make the absurdity complete, it should be remembered that the Bosniak enclave of Srebrenica was supposedly a protected zone of the United Nations at the time. The culmination of this absurdity, indeed, this collapse of international law and humanity, came when the Srebrenica enclave was assigned to the administration and institutions of the Republika Srpska entity, created on mass graves, by powerful political actors who thereby buried humanity, international law, and the credibility of the United Nations, validating in practice the undeniable rule of the stronger,'' they stated.
The IGC expressed deep appreciation and gratitude for Calgary’s decision.
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