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‘WHOSE JUSTICE?’
THE WOMEN OF BOSNIA ANDHERZEGOVINA ARE STILL WAITING
Amnesty International is a global movement of 2.2 million people in more than150 countries and territories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights.Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interestor religion – funded mainly by our membership and public donations.
Amnesty International PublicationsFirst published in 2009 byAmnesty International PublicationsInternational SecretariatPeter Benenson House1 Easton StreetLondon WC1X 0DWUnited Kingdomwww.amnesty.org© Amnesty International Publications 2009Index: EUR 63/006/2009Original language: EnglishPrinted by Amnesty International,International Secretariat, United KingdomAll rights reserved. This publication is copyright, butmay be reproduced by any method without fee for advocacy,campaigning and teaching purposes, but not for resale.The copyright holders request that all such use be registeredwith them for impact assessment purposes. For copying inany other circumstances, or for re-use in other publications,or for translation or adaptation, prior written permission mustbe obtained from the publishers, and a fee may be payable.
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: Bosnian Muslim women calling for justice outsidethe offices of the International Criminal Tribunal for the formerYugoslavia, Sarajevo, July 2008.© Private
CONTENTS
1. Introduction.............................................................................................................3
1.1 War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.............................................................................4
1.2 Dayton Peace Agreement and the structure of the country........................................6
2. Rape as a Crime Under International Law....................................................................8
2.1 Definitions of crimes of sexual violence..................................................................9
2.2 Definitions of consent........................................................................................10
2.3 No amnesty.......................................................................................................11
3. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.....................................12
3.1 Prosecution of crimes of sexual violence..............................................................13
3.2 Lack of support for survivors...............................................................................14
3.3 End of responsibility..........................................................................................17
4. Prosecutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina....................................................................18
4.1 Prosecution of war crimes at the War Crimes Chamber..............................................18
4.1.1 Jurisdiction of the War Crimes Chamber.........................................................19
4.1.2
Definition of war crimes of sexual violence inconsistent with international law...21
4.1.3 Prosecuting cases of war crimes of sexual violence..........................................22
4.1.4
Inadequate protection for witnesses..............................................................24
4.1.5
lack of victim-oriented support......................................................................27
4.2
The entity courts...............................................................................................29
4.2.1
Inadequate legal framework of the BiH entities...............................................30
4.2.2
Capacity of the entity courts and prosecutors..................................................31
4.3
State Strategy on War Crimes Cases.....................................................................34
5. The Obligation to Provide Survivors with the Right to a Remedy and Reparation............36
6. Failure to Provide Reparation...................................................................................39
6.1 Failure to provide compensation..........................................................................40
6.1.1 Failure to provide adequate compensation......................................................40
6.1.2 Claiming compensation from individual perpetrators.......................................47
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