This longitudinal study is based on the story of Lola, who was gang raped during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. At the time, she was in a detention camp with her young children. Only one of Lola’s several perpetrators was convicted but his sentence of six years of imprisonment has never been actioned by the Bosnian judiciary. Lola’s rapist is still free and she lives in continual fear that he will retaliate against her and her children for her role in his trial.
Author(s): Olivera Simić
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 189
City: London
Acknowledgments
Contents
1 Introduction
Rape Without Punishment and the Evasion of Justice
Structure of the Book
2 War and Rape
Muslim Women, Croat Women, Serb Women
The Trials
Transitional Justice Processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 Lola’s War
Witnessing the Crime
Danger to Witness
Evading Justice
A Note on Methodology and Positionality
4 Becoming a Victim in the Eyes of the Law
The Law and Its Victims
Fighting (In)Justice
Well-Being and Justice
5 Crime with No Punishment
Loneliness and Testimonies
The Law and Its Vulnerable Victims
6 Women Living in ‘Not-War Not-Peace’ Time
The Truth-Telling
Traces of Pain
Epilogue
Bibliography