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.
The defense of Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic asked the appeals chamber of the state court to repeal the verdict against them. The defendants were both sentenced to ten years in prison for the wartime rape of a 14 year old girl in Kotor-Varos.
The Track Impunity Always Association (TRIAL) says a recent Bosnian state court decision to provide the injured party in the case of Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic compensation for damages in the amount of 26,500 Marks is a revolutionary one.
Under a first instance verdict pronounced by the Bosnian state court, former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic have been sentenced to ten years in prison each for the rape of a minor in Kotor-Varos in 1992.
After a trial that has lasted nine months, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the case of Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic on June 24. The defendants, both former members of the Bosnian Serb Army, have been charged with raping a 14 year old in Kotor Varos.
On June 24 the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict against Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic, who have been charged with the rape of a 14-year old girl in Kotor-Varos in 1992.
Presenting its closing statement, the Bosnian state prosecution called upon the Bosnian state court to hand down a guilty sentence in the trial of Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic.
Testifying at the trial of Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic, a team of experts determined that the injured partys ability to live a normal life was reduced by 12 percent.
A statement given by a state prosecution witness was read aloud at the trial of Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic. The defendants have been charged with an incident of wartime rape in Kotor-Varos. In the statement read aloud at the hearing, the witness said the mother of the injured party, known as S-4, told him her daughter was raped in 1992.