Responsibility for the camps in Serbia rests with the JNA

Responsibility for the camps in Serbia rests with the JNA

danas_logoAlmost everything is known about the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) camps for Croats set up in the territory of Serbia after the fall of Vukovar in the autumn of 1991. Civilians were taken to them from the area of Vukovar in contravention of an agreement reached between the JNA and the Croatian side. There were women and children among the detainees. Some 5,000 or so detainees were subjected to daily torture, including humiliation, starvation and inhuman conditions. These facilities were referred to as ‘camps’ even by JNA officers.


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Bosnia to Map Wartime Detention Camp Locations

Bosnia to Map Wartime Detention Camp Locations

BalkanInsight_logoA new project aims to create a comprehensive database of all the prison camps and other wartime detention facilities across the country over the next five years.


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Dispatches: In Kosovo, Justice Welcome But Incomplete

Dispatches: In Kosovo, Justice Welcome But Incomplete

 

hrw_logoIn war crimes investigations, it is unusual to get a name.  Victims and witnesses usually cannot distinguish between various forces – police, special police, special forces – let alone a unit.  An individual’s identity is the rarest of all.


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