Only three verdicts in state-level war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina have ever ordered compensation payments to victims of sexual violence, but none of the victims has received any money yet.
Despite a court order, former Bosnian Serb fighter Slavko Savic has failed to pay 15,000 euros in compensation to a woman he raped in Vogosca near Sarajevo during wartime.
The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court confirmed a verdict which sentenced Slavko Savic to eight years in prison for crimes committed in Semizovac, near Sarajevo.
Presenting its case before the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court, Slavko Savic’s defense called for a repeal of his guilty verdict. Savic was sentenced to eight years in prison for wartime rape in the municipality of Vogosca.
The Bosnian state court sentenced former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Slavko Savic to eight years in prison for raping a Bosniak woman in Vogosca near Sarajevo in 1993.
The Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the Slavko Savic trial on June 29. At todays hearing of the trial, the state prosecution and the defense presented their closing statements.
A medical court expert testifying at the Slavko Savic trial said the injured party in the case suffers from a severe form of depression, and that her ability to lead a normal life was reduced by 25 percent due to the sexual assault she endured.