Sunday marks the Day of Remembrance of the Murdered Children of Sarajevo as a memorial to all the murdered children from 1992 to 1995.

According to the Association of Parents of Murdered Children, during the siege of Sarajevo, which is considered the longest siege in the history of modern warfare, 1,601 children were killed.

In 2019, the Government of Sarajevo Canton made a decision that May 5 will be commemorated as the Day of Remembrance for the Murdered Children of Sarajevo.

The siege of Sarajevo began on April 5, 1992, and ended on February 29, 1996. It lasted 1,425 days. During the siege, 11,541 citizens of Sarajevo died, including 1,601 children.

Sarajevo also has the Museum of Wartime Childhood whose exhibits recall the horrors that children went through and what their everyday life looked like. In the city centre, there is a memorial to the children killed in 1992-1995, as well as a memorial room.

So far no one has been held accountable for the crimes against children committed during the siege of Sarajevo.