The Canadian Genocide Research Institute (IGK) received a response from the office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, dated August 1, 2026, regarding the protection of persons associated with the Srebrenica Memorial Center.
The Bosnian-Herzegovinian community in Canada and IGK sent a letter to the highest Canadian officials regarding the information about the police interrogations of current and former employees and associates of the Srebrenica Memorial Center, asking Canada to use its strong reputation in the international community to protect the integrity of the Srebrenica Memorial Center.
The response from the office of the Prime Minister of Canada states, among other things:
“Thank you for the letter regarding the protection of persons associated with the Srebrenica Memorial Center. We have taken the allegations in the letter very seriously into consideration. The Office of the Prime Minister of Canada has sent your letter directly to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand, for information, consideration and taking measures within her jurisdiction based on the allegations in your letter.
A better answer to the authorities of the RS entity, who invited the current and former employees of the Srebrenica Memorial Center to a hearing, was given by the mayors of Canadian cities: Ottawa Mark Sutcliffe, Toronto Olivia Chow, Hamilton Andrea Horwath, Mississauga Carolyn Parrish and Burnabia, Mike Hurley, who accepted the initiative to name one street in the mentioned cities Srebrenica, build a monument to the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica and that young people in Canadian schools learn about the genocide in Srebrenica. The aforementioned and many large cities in Canada have been declaring July 11 as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide with resolutions and proclamations for more than 15 years. It’s Canada In 2010, she declared July 11 as Canada’s Srebrenica Day of Remembrance, and co-sponsored the UN General Assembly resolution on Srebrenica.
