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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber) - Stojan Perkovic
- Year
- 2009
- Issues
- Modes of Liability
- Country
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Keywords
- Forced Penetration Rape Sexual Threats Sexual Violence Command Responsibility Plea Agreement
- Reference link
- http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/1168
- Type of mechanism
- Domestic court
- Name of mechanism
- Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber)
- Name of accused
- Stojan Perkovic
- Charges
- Perkovic was charged on 20 April 2009 (confirmation indictment) with persecution as a crime against humanity, including rape (Article 172(1)(h) read together with subparagraph (g) of the Criminal Code of BiH), under Article 180(1) and (2) (individual and command criminal responsibility) of the Criminal Code of BiH, for crimes, including rape, committed against non-Serb civilians in the region of Rogatica Municipality. It was established, as laid out in the indictment, that in the period from summer until late 1992, Perkovic visited the village of Varosiste on several occasions, and by use of force and threats, forced a female person to sexual intercourse. Perkovic came armed in late evening hours to the house in which the female person was staying and threatened that he would kill her close family member unless she did what he asked her to do, and he vigorously pushed her forcing her to lie on the bed after which he would remove her lower pieces of clothes and rape her.
- Trial chamber verdict
- On 24 December 2009, the Trial Panel, following the plea agreement, in which Perkovic pleaded guilty to persecution as a crime against humanity, including rape.
- sentencing
- Perkovic was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- X-KR-09/662
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