Wartime Sexual Violence Archives

In this April edition of TV Justice, we’re bringing you a story about how Bosnia and Herzegovina is once again going to disappoint war victims’ families who have been waiting for nearly three decades to see those responsible for crimes against them or their loved ones identified and punished.

Participants agree transitional judice is a priority for the EU and feelings of ‘fatigue’ must not get in the way.

By testifying about beatings and sexual abuse suffered in Russian captivity, a woman from eastern Ukraine aims to inspire others to testify in order to document as many crimes as possible for ongoing and future trials. Comparing the experiences of suffering and trauma with those in Bosnia and Herzegovina, some Ukrainian activists fear that high-ranking Russian officials who gave orders will never be prosecuted.

Former Bosnian Serb Territorial Defence fighter Rade Grujic was convicted of committing a crime against humanity for raping a Bosniak woman who was being held captive in a house in the village of Liplje, near Zvornik, in 1992.

Borislav Gligorevic, a former member of the White Eagles unit, went on trial for crimes against humanity, accused of raping three women prisoners in the village of Liplje near Zvornik in 1992.

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Wartime rape survivors from Bosnia and Herzegovina say they are ready to help victims of sexual violence in the conflict in Ukraine by sharing their experiences of issues like coping with trauma, undergoing treatment and seeking justice.

Borislav Gligorevic, a former Territorial Defence fighter and Bosnian Serb Army soldier who is suspected of raping two Bosniak women prisoners in Liplje in 1992, was arrested at a border crossing with Serbia.

Bosnia’s state court confirmed the indictment of five former guards at the Trnopolje, Keraterm and Omarska wartime detention camps on charges that include torture, murder and allowing the rape of inmates.

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In a retrial for wartime rape of a Bosniak woman who was held prisoner at a school in Kalinovik in south-eastern Bosnia, in 1992, a Belgrade court sentenced Dalibor Krstovic to nine years’ prison.

The Serbian judiciary has taken over the prosecution of Milorad Kotur, who is accused of involvement in killing over 50 Bosniaks and Croats, and Lazar Mutlak, who is charged with raping and sexually abusing a Bosniak woman.

Wartime Sexual Violence

Do Bosnian War Crime Victims Face Judicial Disappointment Again in Two Years’ Time?

Transitional Justice Vital for Bosnia’s EU Path, Conference Says

Ukrainian Woman Testifies About Sexual Abuse to Help Document Russian Crimes

Bosnia Convicts Serb Ex-Fighter of Raping Woman Prisoner

Bosnian Tries Serb ‘White Eagles’ Fighter for Raping Prisoners

Bosnian Wartime Sexual Violence Victims Offer Help to Ukraine

Bosnia Arrests Serb Ex-Soldier for Wartime Rape of Prisoners

Bosnia Prison Camp Ex-Guards Face Trial for Torture, Killings

Serbia Again Convicts Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier of Wartime Rape

Serbia Agrees to Prosecute Suspects in Two Bosnian War Cases

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