INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR WAR CRIME COMMITTED IN NEVESINJE AREA

A Prosecutor from the Special Department for War Crimes has issued an Indictment against the following person:

-          Damir Miskin, born in 1968 in Mostar.

This accused person is charged with the war crime of rape and sexual abuse of a Bosniak victim in the Nevesinje area.

According to the allegations in the Indictment, in his capacity of a member of the Nevesinje Brigade of the Republika Srpska Army, the accused acted contrary to the provisions of the Geneva Conventions relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.

The accused is charged with forcing a woman to have sexual intercourse during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the armed conflict, which is in violation of the provisions of the Geneva Convention prohibiting outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment. Thus, the accused committed the criminal offense of War Crimes against Civilians.

The Indictment was forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation, and the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed it.