Goran Kovacevic

ETHNIC CLEANSING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING THE BALKAN WARS OF 1992–1995

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 confl ict. 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.

ETNIČKO ČIŠĆENJE I KRŠENJE LJUDSKIH PRAVA: KONCENTRACIONI LOGORI TOKOM RATA NA BALKANU 1992–1995

Rat na Balkanu koji je trajao u periodu 1991–1995 na podrucju bivse Jugoslavije predstavljao je najgoru ratnu krizu u Europi od Drugog svjetskog rata. Etnicko ciscenje, nasilno premjestanje stotine hiljada civila postalo je glavna karakteristika tog sukoba. Osnovni metod provođenja etnickog ciscenja se ogledao u nasilnom premjestanju sektaskih rivala i njihovo zatvaranje u objekte koji su bili prenapuceni i u kojima su se provodila redovna mucenja, silovanja, izgladnjivanja i ubijanja. Sve strane, katolici – Hrvati, muslimani – Bosnjaci i pravoslavci – Srbi, su ucestvovali u ovim etnickim ciscenjima. Ovaj clanak naglasava prirodu tih užasnih posljedica rata na Balkanu.