ŽRTVE RATA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
VICTIMS OF WAR IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: In the period from 1992 to 1995, during the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina was the territory where numerous and severe war crimes were committed, among which was even genocide. This resulted in a large number of victims. The researches based on socio-demographic characteristics which analyze, systematize and categorize the victims of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina are so scarce. Such research could facilitate better planning and implementing the reparation programs. This paper is aimed at eliminating the present drawbacks and improving the scientific elaboration of this problem. The paper brings a theoretical elaboration of the term “war crime victim” as well as the categorizations of victims of war made by various authors. The empirical research was conducted in the period late 2009 to the beginning of 2011. The sample included 161 war crime victims, randomly taken from the population of war crime victims in BiH. Data collection was made by means of a survey and the questionnaire variables used were the following: sex, age, nationality, education, formation membership, and type of victimization. The obtained research results that present the basic socio-demographic characteristics of war crime victims in BiH defined the structure of this population and served for the comparison with the data available in the neighboring countries. They also pointed at directions of the activities in planning and implementing the reparation programs for the victims of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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