Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Brings Precedent-Setting Indictment Defining Rape as a War Crime

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Sunday, September 1, 1996

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

12

Issue:

9

376-377

Abstract:

On June 27, 1996, the International Criminal Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTWCFY), brought two new indictments, including a precedent-setting one against eight Bosnian Serb military and police officers, for the raping of Muslim women, marking the first time sexual assault has been prosecuted separately as a crime of war. A second indictment was delayed to protect the safety of victims and witnesses ... [more]