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By 2011, it had indicted 161 people from all ethnic backgrounds for war crimes, [78] and heard evidence from over 4,000 witnesses. [79] In 1993, the ICTY defined rape as a crime against humanity, and also defined rape, sexual slavery, and sexual violence as international crimes which constitute torture and genocide. [80]
Genocide. The Bosnian genocide (Bosnian: Bosanski genocid / Босански геноцид) took place during the Bosnian War of 1992–1995 [8] and included both the Srebrenica massacre and the wider crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing campaign perpetrated throughout areas controlled by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS). [9]
A total of 161 persons were indicted in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). [1] Since the arrest of Goran Hadžić on 20 July 2011, there are no indictees remaining at large. [2] This article lists them along with their allegiance, details of charges against them and the disposition of their cases.
This ethnic conflict resulted in the Bosnian War which took place between 1992 and 1995 following Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. [3] The war resulted in death toll of over 101,000 people. [4] War crimes and human rights violations were perpetrated by all nationalities involved. [3]
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 ...
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]
Borislav Herak and Sretko Damjanović - on 7 February 1993 the District Military Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo filed an indictment with the District Military Court in Sarajevo against Herak, for genocide, war crimes against civilian population and war crimes against POWs, for crimes committed while he was a member of "Bioča Company" and ...
[22] [23] [24] Estimates of the total number of women raped during the war range from 12,000 to 50,000. [25] [26] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) declared that "systematic rape", and "sexual enslavement" in time of war was a crime against humanity, second only to the war crime of genocide. [27] [28] [29] [30]