Youth Initiative for Human Rights / Inicijativa mladih za ljudska prava - YIHR BH
www.yihr.org
GENRE
• Documentary animation
FORMAT
• DVD
• Web site
CONCEPT
In order to get a modern and user friendly tool, particularly intended for younger population, after comprehensive research, we decided to adopt documentary animation as a new model of presenting facts, whilst applying modern technology for its user-friendly application and dissemination. The project contains 17 animated maps. The maps are organized in chronological order and in line with the methodologies adopted by institutions collecting and archiving... more
METHODOLOGY
The project has been implemented for a year, upon completion of comprehensive research of available documents, testimonies, studies, books, movies, and photos. ... more
MAPPING GENOCIDE
The process of genocide is a series of events that take place according to the specific form that has its own stages, and which is characterized by a certain 'internal logic'. A genocidal process has a beginning... more
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this project is to introduce a universal educational model for interpretation and understanding of the genocide mechanism (causes and consequences)...
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IMPRESSUM
• AUTHORS:
FAMA team; team leader - Suada Kapić
• EDITOR:
Vildana Selimbegović
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The animated documentary "Srebrenica – Mapping Genocide" can be accessed through the links below. If you would like to download specific maps onto your computer, right-click on the link and choose "Save link as…" or "Save target as." Animation should be downloaded in the QuickTime.mov format. If you encounter problems viewing the animation, install the current version of QuickTime of VLC player. Each link indicates the length of the animation file and its size in MB.
In addition to being an unspeakable human evil, the decision to execute the Bosnian Muslim men is unfathomable in military terms. As Mr. Richard Butler, the Prosecution's military expert, pointed out:
- "...it is hard to envision a better bargaining chip in dealing with the political authorities of certainly the BiH government and of the International Community than having 10,000 to 15,000 Muslim men in the middle of Potocari in a legitimate prisoner of war facility under the control or supervision of certainly the UN troops that were there and the ICRC at a point in time. That is the ultimate bargaining chip, to be able to get significant political leverage from people, one would think, and this chip was thrown away for another reason..."