Rape during the Bosnian War

The Bosnian state court reduced former Dretelj detention camp guard Ivan Medic’s prison sentence for crimes against Serb civilian prisoners from 14 to 12 years on appeal.

Former Bosnian Serb detention camp manager Dragan Nikolic, who admitted participating in the murders, rape and torture of Bosniak prisoners in 1992 and apologised to his victims, has died.

Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Milan Todovic went on trial on charges of raping and sexually enslaving a Bosniak woman who he allegedly ‘bought’ then held captive in Foca in 1992-93

The trial of Marinko Maric and Zeljko Rodin, former Bosnian Croat soldiers accused of abusing Bosniak civilian detainees and prisoners of war in 1993, was told how prisoners were abused and intimidated in camps.

The Bosnian state prosecution charged former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Dalibor Krstovic with the rape and sexual abuse of a Bosniak woman in Kalinovik in 1992. 

Former Croatian Defence Council deputy commander Milivoje Petkovic appealed at the Hague Tribunal against his 20-year prison sentence for wartime crimes against Bosniaks.

Former Bosnian Army serviceman Emir Drakovac was sentenced to 14 years in prison for participating in the murder and mutilation of a civilian and the torture of a Serb soldier in 1992.

The Bosnian state prosecution has raised an indictment against Djordje Ristanic for killing, persecution, torture, rape and abuse of non-Serb civilians in Brcko in 1992.

Hague president pays respects to victims

ČELEBIĆI -- President of the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) Theodor Meron is in Bosnia-Herzegovina where he paid respects to Serb victims of the former prison camp in Čelebići.

During the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992, members of the Muslim-dominated Bosnian army ran a detention camp in there for Serb prisoners.

A former Bosnian Serb soldier has been indicted for rape in Vogosca near Sarajevo, while four Bosnian Army ex-servicemen are charged with involvement in the murder of seven prisoners of war.