“The worst aspect of being kept in the Omarska Camp was the fact that the place was guarded by my former schoolmates, former neighbors, former policeman on whose protection I relied before the War, and even former teachers.” This is a quote by Kemal Pervani, who was forced into the Omarska camp. The Omarska camp was created in 1992 and was known as one of the biggest concentration camps during the Bosnian genocide. The trigger for this genocide was in the early 1990s when Bosnia declared their freedom from Yugoslavian federation, which created tension between the three religious groups residing within Bosnia. The Serbs were of Orthodox Christian faith, Muslims were members of the Islamic faith and the Croatians were Roman Catholic. Due to the…show more content… Instability increases the risk of genocide because citizens may begin to feel insecure. This could cause the law to be neglected, resulting in leaders beginning to feel threatened. Leaders also might start to believe that a certain group is dangerous or inferior due to the fact their religion, race, or ethnic origin is different. Leaders and like-minded citizens may be more inclined to consider using violence in these situations in order to defend themselves and their values. Serb leaders in Bosnia believed that the Muslim Bosniaks posed a threat to the Orthodox Christian Serbs' freedom and culture. Ideological thoughts such as these lead to discrimination and violence against groups. Where genocide occurs, there is usually a history of persecution and violence against people who belong to a specific group, for example, before committing genocide at Srebrenica, Bosnian Serb forces committed multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity against Bosniak and Croatian communities. Factors that put a country at risk of genocide can exist for a long time without resulting in
