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High Representative Inzko imposes ban on genocide denial in Bosnia

On 23 July 2021 Valentin Inzko, outgoing High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, used his Bonn powers to amend the criminal code to outlaw denial of genocide and glorification of war criminals; Republika Srpska leaders responded with a boycott of state institutions.

Valentin Inzko (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 23 July 2021 Valentin Inzko, outgoing High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, used his Bonn powers to amend the criminal code to outlaw denial of genocide and glorification of war criminals; Republika Srpska leaders responded with a boycott of state institutions.

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  • Valentin Inzko

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    High Representative Inzko imposes ban on genocide denial in Bosnia. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.aljazeera.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: inzko+genocide+denial · verified
  2. 2.ohr.intchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: inzko+genocide+denial · verified

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Factrail. (2026). High Representative Inzko imposes ban on genocide denial in Bosnia. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/inzko-imposes-genocide-denial-ban-2021-07-23

https://factrail.ai/facts/inzko-imposes-genocide-denial-ban-2021-07-23

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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