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Acknowledgements

This is report based on research conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina in November and December 2005. It was written and researched by Bogdan Ivanisevic, Human Rights Watch researcher on the former Yugoslavia.  The report was edited by Benjamin Ward, associate director of the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch. Param-Preet Singh, counsel for the International Justice Program of Human Rights Watch, also edited the report. Aisling Reidy, senior legal advisor for Human Rights Watch, conducted legal review, and Ian Gorvin, consultant to the Program Office, conducted program review. Veronika Szente Goldston, advocacy director in the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch, helped formulate report recommendations. Production assistance was provided by Victoria Elman, Fitzroy Hepkins, and Andrea Holley.

Human Rights Watch is grateful to the individuals who generously assisted us during the course of this research, including: Nerma Jelacic of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network; Branko Todorovic and Dusko Kondor of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Republika Srpska; Bakira Hasecic of the Association of Women-Victims of War; Mirsad Tokaca and Mirza Huseinovic of the Research and Documentation Center; Seida Karabasic of the Izvor Association of Prijedor Women; Emsuda Mujagic of Through Heart to Peace; and Mevludin Lupic of the Association of Missing Persons from Zvornik.

We would also like to thank Ramiz Huremagic of the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and James Rodehaver and Zoran Petrovic of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina for their assistance.