Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

A collection of relevant literature and case law

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  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber) - Jadranko Palija

    Year
    2008
    Issues
    Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
    Country
    Bosnia Herzegovina
    Keywords
    Rape Sexual Threats

    Reference link
    http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/1085
    Type of mechanism
    Domestic court
    Name of mechanism
    Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber)
    Name of accused
    Jadranko Palija
    Charges
    Palija was charged on 5 January 2007 (indictment confirmed) with:- War crimes against civilians; and- Crimes against humanity, including rape (Article 172(1) (g) of the Criminal Code of BiH), under Article 180(1) (individual criminal responsibility) of the Criminal Code of BiH, aimed against the Bosniak and Croatian civilian populations of the Bosanska Krajina region, including the Sanski Most Municipality. According to the indictment, on an unknown date in the summer of 1992, Palija went to a house in the Muhici Street in Sanski Most, where he found two women and two children. He allegedly intimidated them by telling them that their life in Sanski Most was worthless. He then took one of the women to another part of the house where he raped her threatening her with a pistol.
    Trial chamber verdict
    On 28 November 2007 the Trial Panel rendered the first-instance verdict finding Palija guilty of crimes against humanity, including rape (the incident described above) and war crimes against civilians.
    sentencing
    Palija received a sentence of 28 years’ imprisonment.
    Appeals chamber verdict
    On 24 April 2008, the Appellate Panel upheld the conviction and sentence.
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    X-KRZ-06/290

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber) - Predrag Kujundzic

    Year
    2011
    Issues
    Sexual Violence against Children
    Country
    Bosnia Herzegovina
    Keywords
    Sexual Slavery Sexual Threats Rape, Physical and Mental Harm Sexual Violence, Persecution Sexual Abuse Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention Rape, Mistreatment

    Reference link
    http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/1042
    Type of mechanism
    Domestic court
    Name of mechanism
    Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber)
    Name of accused
    Predrag Kujundzic
    Charges
    Kujundzic was charged on 3 January 2008 (indictment confirmed) with persecution as a crime against humanity, including sexual violence (Article 172(1)(h) read 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, during the period from spring 1992 until autumn 1993, directed against the non-Serb population of the Doboj municipality for coercing sexual slavery and rape of the non-Serb civilian population.
    Trial chamber verdict
    On 30 October 2009, the Trial Panel delivered the first-instance verdict by which Kujundzic was found guilty of persecution as a crime against humanity, including sexual violence under individual criminal responsibility. The Trial Panel held that on an unidentified day in June 1992, armed and accompanied by 4-5 members of his unit, Kujundzic came to the house of a certain woman and then raped her daughter who was underage at that time, and at the same time he incited one soldier to rape her mother. On the same day, at the same place, after he raped the minor female person, he told her that as of that day she would comply with all that he requested from her, or otherwise he would kill her mother and her younger sister. Thus during the period from June to December 1992, he forced her into sexual slavery, because by the use of force and threats he established the exclusive right to dispose of her, the control over her movement, the mental control and the control of her sexuality, by way of requesting her to do all that he ordered her. Using that position, he forced her once to read a statement at the Radio Doboj in which it was stated that Muslims were guilty of the war, that Muslims had killed her brother, and that she was inviting them to convert to Christianity. He ordered her to wear a chain with a cross pendant around her neck and to wear the Serb army camouflage uniform and a red beret on her head; he changed her Muslim name into a Serb name without any consent of hers or her parents, he acquired for her the identification documents in the Serb name, and requested her to always introduce herself by her Serb name. On 28 January 2011, the Court dispatched a second-instance verdict and found Kujundzic guilty of persecution as a crime against humanity, including sexual violence under individual criminal responsibility.
    sentencing
    Kujundzic was sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment for the first instance verdict. He was also sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment for the second instance charges (for some other charges, he was found not guilty and therefore the sentence was lowered).
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    X-KRŽ-07/442

  • 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

  • Literature

    Nobel Women’s Initiative - Survivors Speak Out: Sexual Violence in Sudan

    Year
    2013
    Issues
    Sentencing and Reparations
    Country
    Sudan
    Keywords
    Medical/Health Care Psychosocial Support Adultery Camp Sexual Threats Soldiers

    Reference link
    https://www.peacewomen.org/sites/default/files/survivors-speak-out-sudan_web_0.pdf
    Full reference
    Nobel Women’s Initiative, Survivors Speak Out: Sexual Violence in Sudan, November 2013.
    Type of literature
    Grey Literature
    Research focus
    Obstacles to Establish Accountability for Sexual Violence Crimes
    Author
    Nobel Women’s Initiative

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