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Čelebići Barracks, Konjic
Location:
Konjic
Importance of the locality:
In mid-1992, a detention facility was established under the control of civilian and military authorities of the Konjic Municipality in buildings formerly belonging to the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) in Čelebići near Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most of the prisoners who were detained here between April and December 1992 were Serb men captured during or after military operations in the villages of Bradina and Donje Selo and the surrounding area. Most of the prisoners were men, but women were also detained at this camp. The prisoners were killed, tortured, sexually abused, beaten and otherwise subjected to cruel and inhuman treatment.
Entity:
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ethnic group:
Serbs
Area that victims came from:
Konjic and surroundings
Responsibility:
Civilian and military authorities of the Konjic Municipality
Court trials:
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia convicted the following persons of wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury, unlawful confinement of civilians, wilful killings, torture, inhuman treatment (grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions): Zdravko Mucić, commander of the camp, sentenced to 9 years in prison; Hazim Delić, deputy commander of the camp, sentenced to 18 years in prison; and Esad Landžo, guard, sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Data source:
ICTY
Marked and photographed:
09.03.2024.
Map:
Updated:
08.04.2024
Legenda
Army of Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina – ARBiH
Security services command centre – CSB
Herzeg Bosnia – HB
Croat Defense Forces – HOS
Army of Croatia – HV
Croat Defense Council – HVO
Yugoslav National Army – JNA
International Crime Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia – ICTY
Ministry of Interior – MUP
People’s Defense of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia – NO APZB
Police station – SJB
Serb Army of Krajina – SVK
Territorial defense of Bosnia-Herzegovina – TO BiH
Army of Republic of Srpska – VRS
Army of Yugoslavia – VJ
Aktualizovano: 1. April 2024
