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Where we stand for

We want governments and international organisations to intervene militarily against genocide, mass murder, deportation or enslavement of peoples. We support military intervention that is: based on humanitarian purposes and is not misused for other ends; decent and proportionate in its use of violence and according to the international humanitarian law on warfare; grounded on correct and verifiable information about genuine threats; and timely, forceful and focused.

11 July 2005: 10th Srebrenica commemoration in The Hague, Netherlands (ICHI-members present)

On the main Square in front of the Dutch parliament in The Hague, the Netherlands, organised by the Political Committee ‘Stari Most’ (PCSM), Platform Bosna i Herzegovina (BiH) and the Interchurch Peace Council (IKV).

Speakers:
– rabbi Awraham Soetendorp, also speaker at our fifth commemoration in 2000
– Sefkija Hadziarapovic, Platform BiH
– Jehanne van Woerkom, member PCSM and creator of the mobile Srebrenica monument in the Netherlands

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22 June 2005: Srebrenica commemoration in Second Chamber of Dutch parliament (ICHI-members present)

With the opening of the photo exhibition ‘Srebrenica 1995 – 2005’ by the Bosnian photographer Tarik Samarah. This exhibition is accessible free of charge till 14 October 2005 in the Second Chamber building at Lange Poten 4 in The Hague, the Netherlands, from Monday till Friday between 10.00 17.00 o’clock.

NB: this exhibition has been closed from the end of August onwards by the Chamber’s chairman Frans Weisglas, because some photo’s have been too shocking for schoolchildren visiting the parliament. If an alternative location is found, it will be posted here.

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