ETHNIC CLEANSING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING THE BALKAN WARS OF 1992–1995
ETHNIC CLEANSING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING THE BALKAN WARS OF 1992–1995
Author(s): Laurence A. French, Goran KovačevićSubject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Military history, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Evropski defendologija centar za naučna, politička, ekonomska, socijalna, bezbjednosna, sociološka i kriminološka istraživanja
Keywords: ethnic cleansing; human rights; concentration camps; the Balkan wars;
Summary/Abstract: The Balkan War of 1991–1995 in the former Yugoslavia was the worst war-related crisis in Europe since the Second World War. Clearly, ethnic cleansing, the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians, became the signature event of this conflict. The main vehicle for ethnic cleansing was the forceful removal and internment of sectarian rivals into facilities that were generally crowded and where torture, rape, starvation, and killings were commonplace events. All parties, Catholic Croats, Muslim Bosniaks, and Orthodox Christian Serbs, participated in these ethnic purges. This article highlights the nature of this unfortunate consequence of the Balkan Wars.
Journal: DEFENDOLOGIJA
- Issue Year: 19/2016
- Issue No: 37-38
- Page Range: 9-16
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English