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Last week in Sarajevo, the conference "Criminalizing Genocide Denial: Law, Accountability and Prevention" gathered experts from the field of domestic and international justice, representatives of civil society, academia and the international community. Some of the topics discussed included global experiences in the process of prosecuting denial of the crime of genocide, protection of freedom of expression, and the issue of hate speech and the culture of impunity. The PCRC's Project Director, @tatjana677, moderated the panel entitled "From legal inaction to the culture of impunity and denial". The panel included @honoregatera, director, @KigaliMemorial, Zlatan Hajlovac, project manager, @ProPeace Bosnia and Herzegovina, @natianavrouzov, executive director, @YazdaOrg, @suljagicemir1, director, @SrebrenicaMC, Christoph Thonfeld, deputy director and director of the research department, #KZDachau. The panelists spoke about the perspectives of survivors in the process of preventing the culture of impunity and about the role of memorial institutions and civil society in this process. The importance of legal measures against the denial of genocide and war crimes was emphasized. The panel discussed the role of education of future generations as a method of prevention and guarantee of non-repetition. The conference was organized by the @OHR_BiH and the @NurembergAcadem, in cooperation with @Trial in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was supported by the British Embassy in Sarajevo, the @AustriainBIH and the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ). 📸 OHR in BiH