Bosnian WarBy: Bryn Goldberg

Who was Involved?

43% Bosnian Muslims

33% Bosnian Serbs

17% Bosnian Croats

approximately 7% of other nationalities

Why War?

Power

Dominance over others

Territory

The divide of the former Yugoslavia

Nature of War

Political Dimension

Human Dimension

Existence of Uncertainty

Causalities of War

100,000 deaths

2.2 million people displaced

~20,000 women raped

Results of the War Comparisons

This was the “largest massacre in Europe since the Holocaust”

Nuremberg Trials versus War Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Women’s presence in War Tribunals

Fear for women to testify against their rapists

Female survivors and attorneys