Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber) - Askraba Dordislav
- Country
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Keywords
- Rape Sexual Violence Enforced Disappearance Rape Camps Torture Rape as a Weapon of War War Crimes Crimes Against Humanity
- Reference link
- http://www.sudbih.gov.ba/predmet/2463/show
- Type of mechanism
- Domestic court
- Name of mechanism
- Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber)
- Name of accused
- Ratko Bundalo, Nedo Zeljaja, Dordislav Askraba
- Charges
- Ratko Bundalo and Nedo Zeljaja were charged with the criminal offense of crimes against humanity in violation of Article 172 (1) (h) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CC BiH) in conjunction with the following items:a) depriving another person of his life (murder),b) extermination,d) deportation or forcible transfer of population,e) imprisonment,f) torture,g) sexual violence, andk) other inhumane acts,in conjunction with Article 173 (1) (c), (e) and (f) of the CC BiH, all in conjunction with Article 180 (1) of the CC BiH.Dordislav Askraba is charged with the criminal offense of crimes against humanity in violation of Article 172 (1) (h) of the CC BiH in conjunction with the following items:a) depriving another person of his life (murder),e) imprisonment,f) torture, andk) other inhumane actsin conjunction with Article 180 (1) of CC BiH.
- Trial chamber verdict
- On 21 December 2009, the Trial Panel reached the first-instance verdict finding the accused, Ratko Bundalo and Nedo Zeljaja guilty of crimes against humanity. The accused Ratko Bundalo was sentenced to 19 years of imprisonment, the accused Nedo Zeljaja was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment, and the accused Dordislav Askraba was acquitted on all counts of the Indictment.
- sentencing
- The Trial Chamber sentenced Ratko Bundalo to 19 years of imprisonment and Nedo Zeljaja to 15 years of imprisonment. The Appeals Chamber found Dordislav Askraba guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to 7 years’ imprisonment.
- Appeals chamber verdict
- On 18 April 2012, the Panel of the Appellate pronounced the second instance verdict finding the accused Dordislav Askraba guilty of war crimes against civilians, committed in the manner described in the operative provision of the verdict, in violation of Article 142(1) of the Criminal Code of SFRY as adopted pursuant to the Law on Application of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Criminal Code of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, in conjunction with Articles 22 and 24 of the same Code. The verdict sentenced the accused to imprisonment of 7 years.Following new appeals by the of Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Defense Counsel for the Accused Dordislav Askraba, the Appeals Chamber upheld the second-instance verdict on 18 June 2013.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- S1 1 K 005159 11 Kzz
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber) - Milisavljevic Predrag et al.
- Country
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Keywords
- Enforced Disappearance Rape Torture Military Perpetrator Crimes Against Humanity
- Reference link
- http://www.sudbih.gov.ba/predmet/3013/show
- Type of mechanism
- Domestic court
- Name of mechanism
- Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber)
- Name of accused
- Milisavljevic Predrag, Pantelic Milos, Tasic Ljubomir
- Charges
- Crimes Against Humanity pursuant to Article 172 CC BiH, in conjunction with Article 180(1) CC of BiH.
- Trial chamber verdict
- On 28 October 2018, the Trial Panel of the Section I for War Crimes of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina found Predrag Milisavljevic and Milos Pantelic guilty of crimes against humanity in violation of Article 172(1) (h) as read with (a) in conjunction with Article 29 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Accused were sentenced to imprisonment of 20 years each. Predrag Milisavljevic was furthermore acquitted of the charges of crimes against humanity in violation of Article 172(1)(h), as read with (f) and (g) in conjunction with Article 29 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, all in conjunction with Article 180(1) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milos Pantelic was also acquitted of the charges of crimes against humanity in violation of Article 172(1)(h) as read with (e), (f), (h) and (k) in conjunction with Article 29 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The trial Chamber acquitted Predrag Milisavljevic, Milos Pantelic and Ljubomir Tasic of the charges of crimes against humanity in violation of Article 172(1)(h) as read with (d) and (e) in conjunction with Article 29 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- sentencing
- The Trial Chamber sentenced Predrag Milisavljevic to 20 years imprisonment and acquitted Ljubomir Tasic of all charges. The Appeals Chamber sentenced Milos Pantelic to 15 years imprisonment.
- Appeals chamber verdict
- On 23 July 2015, the Appellate Division Panel of Section I for War Crimes of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sent out the second-instance verdict of 2 June 2015 in the case of Predrag Milisavljevic et al., which, in their entirety, refused the appeals filed by the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and by defense counsel for the accused Predrag Milisavljevic. The appeal filed by defense counsel for the accused Milos Pantelic was however, partly granted. Milos Pantelic, concerning the criminal offense of crimes against humanity, was accordingly sentenced to 15 (fifteen) years of imprisonment. The remaining part of the first-instance verdict was upheld.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- S1 1 K 011128 12 Krz
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICC - Afghanistan
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Keywords
- Rape Sexual Violence Enforced Disappearance
- Reference link
- http://www.icc-cpi.int/afghanistan/Pages/default.aspx
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Court
- Status
- 2778
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