PISMO INSTITUTA ZA ISTRAZIVANJE GENOCIDA KANADA PREDSJEDNIKU UNIVERZITETA U VANKUVERU

 

17. februar 2011.

 

Ofisu Presjednika Univerziteta Britiš Kolumbia Vankuver

6328 Memorial Road

Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2

 

Poštovani Profesor Stephen J. Toope,

 

Institut za istraživanje genocida Kanada je obaviješten da Srdja Trifković, Američki Srbin 'akademik', će održati predavanje u četvrtak, 24. februara u 17:00 na Univerzity of Britiš Kolumbia, Vankuver, Kanada. Predavanje organizira Udruženje srpskih studenata. U ime mnogobrojnih žrtava zločina agresije na Bosnu i Hercegovinu i Bosanskog genocida, Institut za istraživanje genocida Kanada  je šokiran činjenicom da Univerzitet Britiš Kolumbia omogućava SrÄ‘anu Trifkoviću, koji je u više navrata otvoreno negirao genocid u Bosni i Hercegovini, posebno Genocid Srebrenici, da  govori na ovoj uglednoj akademskoj instituciji.

 

Negiranje genocida u demokratskom svijetu se smatra kao oblik rasističke propagandne mržnje koja je nespojiva s kanadskim državnim i društvenim vrijednostima, prepoznatljivim širom svijeta. Nedavno je Kanadski parlament svojom jednoglasno usvojenom rezolucijom priznao  Bosanski genocid koji se dogodio u enklavi Srebrenica u julu 1995.

 

Istaknuti akademik, koji je preživio holokaust — sudija Theodor Meron – imao je privilegiju da sjedi kao predsjednik vijeća u žalbi Radislava Krstića u vrijeme kada je donijeta presudna odluka koja je uklonila sve nedoumice o pravnom karakteru masakra u Srebrenici. Presuda Žalbenog vijeća MeÄ‘unarodnog krivičnog suda za bivšu Jugoslaviju (MKSJ) je jednoglasno utvrdila da je masakr u Srebrenici zločin genocida:

 

 “Pokušavajući da eliminira jedan dio bosanskih Muslimana, snage bosanskih Srba su počinili genocid. Oni su odredili za uništenje četrdeset hiljada bosanskih Muslimana stanovnika Srebrenice, koji su kao grupa predstavljali bosanske Muslimane uopšte… Žalbeno vijeće s potpunim uvjerenjem izjavljuje da pravo osuÄ‘uje, odgovarajućim formulacijama, duboku i trajnu štetu koja je nanesena i pokolj u Srebrenici naziva njegovim pravim imenom: genocid.” (MKSJ, Saopštenje za javnost, “Address by ICTY President Theodor Meron“, 23. juni 2004).

 

Genocid u Srebrenici nije pitanje nečijeg mišljenja, to je činjenica, sudski priznata prvo na  MeÄ‘unarodni krivičnom tribunalu za područije bivše Jugoslavije i naknadno na MeÄ‘unarodnom sudu pravde.

 

 

Institut za istraživanje genocida Kanada poziva sve KanaÄ‘ane, prijatelje istine i pravde da protestuju protiv Trifkovićevog predavanje na Univerzitetu Britiš Kolumbia u Vankuveru.

 

Institut za istraživanje genocida Kanada će informisati Parlament i Vladu Kanade.

 

U ime više od 50.000 KanaÄ‘ana, bosanskog porijekla, žrtava zločina agresije na Bosnu i Hercegovinu i žrtava   Bosanskog genocida, Institut za istraživanje genocida Kanada vas poziva da koristeći svoje ovlasti zabranite predavanje SrÄ‘anu Trifkoviću na Univerzitetu Britiš Kolumbia u Vankuveru.

 

Profesor Emir Ramić

Direktor Instituta za istraživanje genocida Kanada

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February 17, 2011.

Office of the President
The University of British Columbia
6328 Memorial Road [map]
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2

Fax: 604.822.5055
E-mail: presidents.office@ubc.ca

Dear Professor Stephen J. Toope

The Institute for Research of Genocide of Canada {IRGC} was informed that Srdja Trifkovic, a Serbian-American 'scholar', will be holding a lecture on Thursday February 24th at 5pm at the University of British Columbia. It is organized by the Serbian Students Association.

IRGC is shocked that the University of British Columbia would allow Srdjan Trifkovic, who has repeatedly and openly denied the Srebrenica genocide to speak at this respectable academic institution. A historical revisionist like Trifkovic should not be allowed to lecture in an academic context. His version of events in the Balkans is inaccurate (as proven by his denial of the Srebrenica genocide) and the Serbian Students' Association should not be allowed to pass him off as a  reliable source.

Denial of genocide is widely considered to constitute a form of racist hate propaganda that is incompatible with Canadian values. Recently, the Parliament of Canada has recognized the Bosnian Genocide that took place in the enclave of Srebrenica in July 1995.

In 2004, Holocaust survivor, Judge Theodor Meron, presided over the appellate judgement of Radislav Krstic when the International Criminal Tribunal unanimously ruled that:

"By seeking to eliminate a part of the Bosnian Muslims, the Bosnian Serb forces committed genocide. They targeted for extinction the 40,000 Bosnian Muslims living in Srebrenica, a group which was emblematic of the Bosnian Muslims in general. They stripped all the male Muslim prisoners, military and civilian, elderly and young, of their personal belongings and identification, and deliberately and methodically killed them solely on the basis of their identity. The Bosnian Serb forces were aware, when they embarked on this genocidal venture, that the harm they caused would continue to plague the Bosnian Muslims. The Appeals Chamber states unequivocally that the law condemns, in appropriate terms, the deep and lasting injury
inflicted, and calls the massacre at Srebrenica by its proper name:

genocide. Those responsible will bear this stigma, and it will serve as a warning to those who may in future contemplate the commission of such a heinous act."

The Srebrenica Genocide is not a matter of opinion; it is a judicial fact recognized first by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and subsequently by the International Court of Justice.

IRGC calls on all Canadians, friends of truth and justice to protest against Trifkovic's lecture at the University of British Columbia.

IRGC will send a request to the Canadian Parliament and Government to ban Trifkovic's lecture.

On behalf of more than 50.000 Canadians of Bosnian origin, some of whom are victims of the Bosnian genocide and almost all of whom are victims of the war, the IRGC implores you to prevent this lecture from taking place at your University.

 

Professor Emir Ramic

 

President of the Congress of North American Bosniaks, Canadian Branch

Director of the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada

emir.ramic@instituteforgenocide.ca