Heliodrom camp

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Heliodrom camp
Croats
Killed31[1]–54[2]

The Heliodrom camp (

detention camp[4] that operated between September 1992 and April 1994. It was run by the Military Police of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to detain Bosniaks, Serbs, and other non-Croats and was located at a former military facility of the JNA in Rodoč, south of the town of Mostar.[2][5]

The camp

The camp consisted of a sports hall and a three-story central prison building.

suffocating heat. Detainees often slept on concrete floors with no bedding or blankets. On some occasions, HVO guards withheld all food and water from the detainees, in retaliation for HVO military setbacks.[2]

Herceg-Bosna/HVO forces regularly mistreated and abused, and allowed the mistreatment and abuse of, Bosniak detainees, both at the Heliodrom itself and at various locations where detainees were taken for forced labour or other purposes. There was regular cruel treatment and infliction of great suffering, with HVO soldiers and guards routinely beating detainees, often to the point of unconsciousness and severe injuries. Bosniak detainees lived in constant fear of physical and mental abuse. Bosniak detainees were often humiliated in various ways, including being forced to sing nationalistic Croatian songs.[2] On 5 July 1993, HVO members fired indiscriminately at the building in which the detainees were being held. It is not known whether there were injuries.[7]

Bosniak men were held and continued to be detained at the Heliodrom camp without any

bona fide or adequate effort by the Herceg-Bosna/HVO authorities or forces to distinguish, classify or separate military prisoners from civilian detainees, or to provide for the release of civilian detainees.[2]

In the Prlić et al. case, the Chamber found that several dozen detainees on

human shields in combat.[9] The Prosecution claimed in the indictment that at least fifty-four Bosniak detainees died as a result of being detained at this facility[10] and at least 178 were wounded on forced labor or as human shields.[2][11]

Recent developments

sexual assaults".[2][12]

The six accused were charged on the basis of both their individual and superior criminal responsibility under Articles 7(1) and 7(3) of the Statute respectively for:[2]

  • nine counts of grave breaches of the
    Geneva conventions
    (willful killing; inhuman treatment (sexual assault); unlawful deportation of a civilian; unlawful transfer of a civilian; unlawful confinement of a civilian; inhuman treatment (conditions of confinement); inhuman treatment; extensive destruction of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly; appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly).
  • nine counts of violations of the
    laws or customs of war
    (cruel treatment (conditions of confinement); cruel treatment; unlawful labour; wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or destruction not justified by military necessity; destruction or willful damage done to institutions dedicated to religion or education; plunder of public or private property; unlawful attack on civilians; unlawful infliction of terror on civilians; cruel treatment), and
  • eight counts of crimes against humanity (persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds; murder; rape; deportation; inhumane acts (forcible transfer); imprisonment; inhumane acts (conditions of confinement); inhumane acts).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Prosecutor v. Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić, Berislav Pušić - Judgement - Volume 2 of 6" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 29 May 2013. pp. 442, 450.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "The International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia Indictment against Jadranko Prlic, Bruno Stojic, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petkovic, Valentin Coric, And Berislav Pusic". Archived from the original on February 12, 2005. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Prosecutor v. Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić, Berislav Pušić - Judgement - Volume 1 of 6" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 29 May 2013. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Prosecutor v. Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić, Berislav Pušić - Judgement - Volume 2 of 6" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 29 May 2013. p. 378.
  5. ^ "Prosecutor v. Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić, Berislav Pušić - Judgement - Volume 1 of 6" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 29 May 2013. p. 5.
  6. ISBN 9958-511-13-4, archived from the original
    (PDF) on 9 January 2009
  7. ^ "Prosecutor v. Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić, Berislav Pušić - Judgement - Volume 2 of 6" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 29 May 2013. p. 434.
  8. ^ "Prosecutor v. Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić, Berislav Pušić - Judgement - Volume 2 of 6" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 29 May 2013. p. 442.
  9. ^ "Prosecutor v. Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić, Berislav Pušić - Judgement - Volume 2 of 6" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 29 May 2013. pp. 449–450.
  10. ^ Heliodrom
  11. ^ "The International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia Indictment against Mladen Naletilic and Vinko MARTINOVIC". Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2006.
  12. ^ Tosh, Caroline (23 February 2007). "Prlic Trial Shown Images of War". International Justice - ICTY. TRI. No. 490. IWPR. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

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