Dossier: VRS 43rd Motorised Brigade in Prijedor
Dossier: VRS 43rd Motorised Brigade in Prijedor

Author(s): Jovana Kolarić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Keywords: wars in Yugoslavia; wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Republika Srpska; Krajina Corps; war crimes
Summary/Abstract: Between May and August 1992, Serb forces, including the 1st Krajina Corps of the Army of the Republika Srpska and police—carried out systematic attacks on Bosniak and Croat villages in Prijedor, resulting in over 3,000 civilian deaths and the forced displacement of tens of thousands. These operations, falsely labeled as anti-extremist actions, included mass killings, imprisonment, torture, and destruction of property, and led to the conviction of numerous individuals by international and domestic courts, though many senior officers remain unpunished. The Dossier details the structure of the involved units, the pattern of attacks, the role of the 43rd Motorised Brigade in war crimes and their concealment, and the post-war recognition some perpetrators received.

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