Republika Srpska is the Bosnian Serb political entity proclaimed in 1992 during the breakup of Yugoslavia. Its army, the Army of Republika Srpska under General Ratko Mladic, carried out the July 1995 killings at Srebrenica that international tribunals have found to constitute genocide. Since the 1995 Dayton Agreement, Republika Srpska has continued as one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's two constituent political entities.
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Religion and State
State ReligionNone established by law; the Dayton constitutional framework leaves Bosnia and Herzegovina and its entities without an official religion, though the Serbian Orthodox Church holds a position of particular prominence among Republika Srpska's Bosnian Serb population. 1 Religious PolicyThe wartime campaign against the entity's Bosniak Muslim and Croat Catholic populations, including the destruction of mosques and churches, culminated in the July 1995 killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica, found by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to constitute genocide. 1 Attributions
Associated ReligionSerbian Orthodox Christianity is the majority religious identity of the Republika Srpska's Bosnian Serb population. 1 Origins
Origin RegionEastern Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 State religion (class)Christianity (Orthodox) 1 Connections
Associated With
This source names Republika Srpska directly: "forces, the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska under Ratko Mladic and backed by Serbia-dominated rump Yugoslavia, and Bosnian Croat forces backed by Croatia."
Source Bosnia: A Short History (Malcolm)Noel Malcolm
Conducted
Source International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, "ICTY Remembers: The Srebrenica Genocide (1995-2015)" (irmct.org)International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Sources
1. International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, "ICTY Remembers: The Srebrenica Genocide (1995-2015)" (irmct.org)
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