The Sarajevo Canton Assembly has proclaimed 5 February as the Day of Remembrance for all citizens of Sarajevo killed and wounded by the aggressor during the siege from 1992 to 1995. On this occasion, the 32nd anniversary of the massacre at the Markale marketplace will be commemorated on 5 February 2026. At 12:00 noon, a wreath-laying ceremony will be held at the Markale marketplace at the Memorial to the killed citizens, followed at 12:30 p.m. by a joint commemorative session of the Sarajevo Canton Assembly, the Sarajevo City Council, and municipal councils from municipalities across Sarajevo Canton at the National Theatre Sarajevo.
As part of the commemorative session at the National Theatre, the exhibition of the Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo, titled “Crimes at Markale: Killing and Wounding of Civilians – Prosecution of Perpetrators, Denial of Truth, Resistance to Forgetting,” will be opened. The authors of the exhibition are Dr. Muamer Džananović, Director of the Institute; Dr. Merisa Karović-Babić, Senior Research Associate at the Institute; and Mr. Sead Muhić, Operational Associate of the Institute.
Following its opening at the National Theatre, the exhibition will be open to visitors at the Bosnian Cultural Centre of Sarajevo Canton starting on 6 February.
The exhibition provides an overview of the siege of Sarajevo (1992–1996) and documents in detail the two massacres at Markale—on 5 February 1994, when 68 civilians were killed, and on 28 August 1995, when 43 civilians were killed. The materials presented as part of the exhibition include expert reports, UNPROFOR documents, judgments of the ICTY, media reports, photographs, and video materials. Archival materials and the Institute’s publishing activity also occupy a prominent place within the exhibition.
Of particular significance is the exhibition’s presentation of photographs of all victims killed in both massacres, as well as a list of the wounded. In addition, the exhibition addresses responsibility for the crimes committed at Markale, emphasizing the devastating fact that, before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, no one has to date been held accountable for these crimes, nor for numerous other crimes committed in Sarajevo during the siege. The authors further address the NATO intervention “Deliberate Force,” carried out two days after the 1995 massacre, and conclude the exhibition with an examination of institutional revisionism related to these crimes, present from the time of their commission to the present day.
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