Hundreds of Srebrenica victims families are still waiting for their loved ones remains to bury - but as time passes, it becomes more likely that only a few bones, if anything, will ever be found.
It remains to be seen whether judicial proceedings for war crimes and genocide will deter others from committing atrocities in the future, former Hague Tribunal prosecutor Geoffrey Nice told BIRN.
The Hague Tribunal introduced a new way of understanding genocide based on intent rather than the amount of victims, British historian Marko Attila Hoare told BIRN.
International and Bosnian courts have so far sentenced a total of 37 people to around 630 years in prison for genocide and other crimes against Bosniaks from Srebrenica 20 years ago.
Over 2,000 people attended a ceremony in Sarajevo to honour victims from Srebrenica whose remains will be laid to rest on Saturday, the 20th anniversary of the genocide.
Testifying in defense of Ratko Mladic, Milutin Misic, a member of the Board of the Directors of the Institute for Missing Persons of Bosnia and Herzegovina, denied the accuracy of lists of missing persons who disappeared after the fall of Srebrenica.
Over the past two decades, the Hague Tribunal has convicted 14 people of genocide and other crimes in Srebrenica the result of investigations by a team led by French police officer Jean-Rene Ruez.
Two defense witnesses testifying at the trial of Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic said the Sixth Battalion of the Zvornicka Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army had no involvement with Srebrenica prisoners.