July 31, 2026.
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General of Canada
The Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, PC, MP, Prime Minister of Canada
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon. Rob Oliphant, Member of Parliament
Hon Brian Masse, former Member of Parliament and sponsor 2010 parliamentary motion recognizing July 11 as Srebrenica Remembrance Day in Canada
Urgent and important: Requests for the protection of the Srebrenica Memorial Center
Respected Excellencies
The Institute for Research of Genocide Canada and Bosnian Community in Canada informs you about the behavior of the institutions of the Bosnian entity Republika Srpska towards persons who were engaged in the work of the Srebrenica Memorial Center in different periods.
This kind of behavior is an attack on human rights and freedoms, the safety of returnees and the entire system of sustainable return in the Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska. We especially warned that the intimidation of employees, associates, researchers and human rights defenders creates an atmosphere of insecurity among returnees and threatens their right to live and work freely.
No amount of pressure from the authorities of the Bosnian entity of the Republika Srpska can change the final judgments of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which found that genocide was committed against Bosniaks in Srebrenica. They cannot change the Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the International Day of Remembrance and Commemoration of the Genocide in Srebrenica in 1995, nor can they stop the work of the Srebrenica Memorial Center as an institution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
They cannot change the Resolution of the Canadian Parliament on the Canadian Day of Remembrance and Commemoration of the Genocide in Srebrenica.
We call on Canada, as a member of the Peace Implementation Council and co-sponsor of the United Nations General Assembly resolution on Srebrenica to condemn the behavior of the institutions of the Bosnian entity Republika Srpska towards the employees and associates of the Srebrenica Memorial Center.
This is Canada’s moral obligation because it recognized the genocide in Srebrenica.
This letter is supported by all organizations and communities of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian community in Canada, many Canadian organizations and communities, and prominent academic, cultural, and religious leaders in Canada.
Dr. Emir Ramic
Director of Institute for Research of Genocide Canada
