White Armband Day was first commemorated in Prijedor in 2012.
The Faculty of Law of the University of Zenica marked White Armband Day for the eighth time this year.
The imposition of white armbands on the non-Serb population in Prijedor was a form of identification and stigmatization that is often compared to the compulsory wearing of the Star of David imposed on Jews by Nazi authorities during the Second World War.
During the commemoration, students of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zenica distributed 1,102 white armbands, symbolically commemorating the 102 children from Prijedor who were killed.
Tomašica, a mass grave discovered in 2013 near Prijedor, is the largest mass grave discovered in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the Second World War and one of the largest in Europe.
According to findings of investigative and judicial institutions, more than 3,000 civilians were killed in the Prijedor area in 1992, including 102 children.
Today, White Armband Day serves as a symbol of remembrance for the victims of Prijedor, a stand against discrimination, and a reminder of the consequences of hatred, persecution, and exclusion based on national, religious, or ethnic identity.
