ABSTRACT
The end of the Cold War seemingly ushered in a new world order, with the EastWest conflict no longer the main focal point for much of international relations, and peace and cooperation within and among states the norm. Yet the Bosnian1 War of 1992-95 belied that assumption. A war that erupted in Europe bode ill for the post-Cold War period. The war led to the violent break-up of a state in the center of Europe, with the emergence of several new independent states in its wake. The war became synonymous with the term “ethnic cleansing” as the conflict raged between Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), Bosnian Croats, and Bosnian Serbs. Moreover, it is estimated that more than 100,000 people were killed during the three-year war, with more than 2 million displaced.2 In addition to the deaths and displacement, gender-based sexual violence, including rape and sexual enslavement, was a systematic war strategy.
