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Dario Kordić, political leader of Croats in Central Bosnia, was convicted of the crimes against humanity in Central Bosnia i.e. ethnic cleansing and sentenced to 25 years in prison. [361] On 29 May 2013, in a first instance verdict, the ICTY sentenced Prlić to 25 years in prison.
In 1994 the first indictment was issued against the Bosnian-Serb concentration camp commander Dragan Nikolić. This was followed on 13 February 1995 by two indictments comprising 21 individuals which were issued against a group of 21 Bosnian-Serbs charged with committing atrocities against Muslim and Croat civilian prisoners.
Serbian military, paramilitary and police forces in Kosovo have committed a wide range of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of international humanitarian and human rights law: forced expulsion of Kosovars from their homes; burning and looting of homes, schools, religious sites and healthcare facilities; detention, particularly of military-age men; summary execution ...
Others have estimated that during the Bosnian War, between 20,000 and 50,000 women, mostly Bosniak, were raped. [147] [148] There are few reports of rape and sexual assault between members of the same ethnic group. [149] War rape in the Yugoslav Wars has often been characterized as a crime against humanity.
Bosnian Serb forces kill 11 Bosnian Croats captured in Šamac. [44] Korićani Cliffs massacre: 21 August 1992 Mount Vlašić: VRS: Bosniaks, Croats: 200+ Bosnian Serb police units kill more than 200 Bosniaks, Croats and other non-Serb civilians. [citation needed] Kukavice massacre: 27 August 1992 Kukavice, near Rogatica: ARBiH: Serbs: 21
Bosnian prosecutors charged former members of the Bosnian Army with crimes against humanity against Serbs, with the aim of expelling them from Konjic and surrounding villages in May 1992. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] During the 1993 siege of Goražde , Bosniak forces expelled some Serbs from the town and placed others under house arrest . [ 94 ]
In December 2017, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the United Nations’ court created to prosecute war crimes that took place in the Bosnian War, closed. [8] Domestic courts have since been responsible for prosecuting war crimes and crimes against humanity that took place during the war. [8]
Amnesty International entered the country without government approval in spring 2012 and documented "gross violations of human rights on a massive scale" by the Syrian military and shabiha, "many of which amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes". These were committed against the armed opposition, to punish and intimidate civilian ...