ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines the excluded or silenced narratives of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) among women belonging to so-called 'perpetrator' war-torn nations. It is concerned with demonstrating that although CRSV has been recognised as a crime against women, it is often hierarchised and not all women survivors will necessarily be recognised as its victims. The book provides an overview of the literature that has been produced over the two decades on mass rapes in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). It discusses the feminist debates around defining and linking CRSV with ethnicity and gender. The book provides an overview and analysis of the complex legal framework in BiH and different treatment of women victims in the country's various jurisdictions. The book offers an analysis of the Women's Court, held in Sarajevo in 2015.
