General information

Call No.:

350-1-1:21/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #21 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00000021

Date of air

1993-04-23

Date

1993

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Notes

Part 1 • Rape • Torture • Prison Camps • Destruction Civilian Property • Ethnic Cleansing • Military/Para-Military • Refugee/Ex-Pow ID

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

This broadcast features a war crimes trial held in Sarajevo. Borislav Herak, a Bosnian Serb soldier; Sretko Damjanovic; and Nada Tomic are accused of murder, rape, and theft committed against Bosnian Muslim civilians. Herak has confessed to his involvement in the killing of at least 220 Bosnian Muslims. Herak describes, in detail, how he committed murders and acts of rape. He claims to have carried out orders. A report by Kim Acker is included, which provides background on the Yugoslavian conflict and is accompanied by commentary from Catherine MacKinnon, a specialist in human rights law, and Michael Posner from the Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights.

Context

Associated Names

Court TV (Creator/Author, Producer)