Instruments of War, Peace and Justice: The Transformation of Women’s Bodies During the Bosnian War
Instruments of War, Peace and Justice: The Transformation of Women’s Bodies During the Bosnian War
Author(s): Rukmani Devi BhatiaSubject(s): Gender Studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Military history, Political history, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Udruženje “Pravnik”
Keywords: War; peace; justice; Bosnian war; gender-based violence; war crimes;
Summary/Abstract: Gendered violence within conflicts has occurred throughout human history and the Bosnian War (1992 – 1995) was no exception. The systematic use of war rape implemented by the ethnically Serbian soldiers was a tactic designed to torture, terrify, and traumatise Bosniak women and their communities. Following the end of the conflict, the international community responded strongly to the extensive use of sexual violence and the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia declared that the use of rape during conflict was a crime against humanity and that individual perpetrators of militant rape could be charged for committing gender-based war crimes in landmark cases like the joint trial of Dragoljub Kunarac, Radomir Kovac, and Zoran Vuković.
Journal: International Journal on Rule of Law, Transitional Justice and Human Rights
- Issue Year: 4/2013
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 43-51
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English