A CHRONICLE OF CRIMES COMMITTED ON AUGUST THE 8TH 1992 IN THE REGIONOF VIKOČ OF FOČA MUNICIPALITY

Abstract

UDK 341.485:355.012(497.6 Foča)"1992"

The war and the consequences of the war in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and especially the war against the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina took a terrible toll both in terms of human casualties and in material losses.
International and Bosnian judicial institutions have filed indictments against some of the organizers and perpetrators of war crimes on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, the crimes committed on August 8, 1992, in the villages and hamlets of the marginal local community Vikoč in Foča, have remained uninvestigated and still unsanctioned. The most vulnerable
categories of the civilian population (women, the elderly
and children) were predominantly targeted (or disporoportionaly targeted) during the aforementioned attack. Therefore, this paper seeks to, using relevant and accessible sources, shed light on the crimes committed in just one day, which unequivocally confirm the widespread, almost everyday practice, especially in the first months of 1992. Based on the facts established by international
and domestic judicial institutions, the focus of this
research is on one day, the eighth day of August, in the area of one Foča border local community – Vikoč local community.