Foča massacres
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The Foča massacres were a series of mass killings and atrocities committed against Bosniak civilians in and around the town of Foča during the Bosnian War in the early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foča massacres canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
ⓘ
massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Foča ethnic cleansing
ⓘ
Foča war crimes ⓘ |
| conflict | Bosnian War ⓘ |
| country | Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ |
| demographicConsequence |
destruction of Bosniak cultural and religious sites in Foča
ⓘ
near-complete expulsion of Bosniak population from Foča ⓘ |
| endTime | 1994 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfVictims | thousands of Bosniak civilians ⓘ |
| governingAuthorityAtTime |
Government of Republika Srpska
ⓘ
surface form:
Republika Srpska authorities in Foča
|
| legalAssessmentBy | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| legalPrecedent |
established rape as a form of torture in international law
ⓘ
first international conviction for sexual enslavement as a crime against humanity ⓘ |
| location |
Foča
ⓘ
Foča municipality ⓘ |
| memorialization | commemorated annually by Bosniak survivors and families ⓘ |
| motive | ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks from Foča area ⓘ |
| natureOfAtrocities |
forced displacement
ⓘ
mass killings ⓘ sexual slavery ⓘ systematic rape ⓘ torture ⓘ unlawful detention ⓘ |
| notableEvent | establishment of rape camps in Foča ⓘ |
| notableLocation |
Buk Bijela
ⓘ
Foča High School ⓘ Foča Partizan Sports Hall ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bosnian War atrocities
ⓘ
surface form:
Bosnian genocide
ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Army of Republika Srpska
ⓘ
Army of Republika Srpska ⓘ
surface form:
Bosnian Serb forces
Serb paramilitary units ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | crime against humanity by ICTY ⓘ |
| relatedConvictedPerson |
Dragoljub Kunarac
ⓘ
Radomir Kovač ⓘ Zoran Vuković ⓘ |
| relatedTrial | Prosecutor v. Kunarac et al. ⓘ |
| result |
large refugee and internally displaced persons population from Foča
ⓘ
long-term trauma among survivors ⓘ |
| startTime | 1992 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
ICTY judgments on Foča
ⓘ
human rights reports on sexual violence in conflict ⓘ scholarly research on wartime rape and ethnic cleansing ⓘ |
| targetedEthnicity | Bosniaks ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1990s ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Bosniaks
ⓘ
surface form:
Bosniak civilians
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.