On 22 June 1998 , Anto Furundžija , who had been apprehended on 18 December 1997 by Dutch forces who were operating with NATO , was put on trial in what was one of the shortest trials heard by the ICTY . This was the first case heard by the ICTY which dealt exclusively with charges for rape . Furundžija was a Bosnian Croat and local commander of the militia known as '' The Jokers '' , who took part in the Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing and who were under the command of the Croatian Defence Council . Furundžija was indicted for individual criminal responsibility , which included " committing , planning , instigating , ordering or otherwise aiding and abetting in the planning , preparation or execution of any crimes referred to in articles two and three of the tribunal statute . " A single witness , who had been assaulted by Furundžija while he interrogated her , gave the majority of testimony during this trial . She was beaten , and another soldier forced her to have oral and vaginal sex while Furundžija was present . Furundžija did not act to prevent the assault , even though he was in a position of command . His defense counsel argued that the witness was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and had misidentified the accused . The trial chamber gave Furundžija two sentences of 10 and 8 years to run concurrently having found him guilty under article three , in that he had violated " the laws or customs of war for torture and for outrages upon personal dignity , including rape . " In May 2009 , Jadranko Prlić , who had been prime minister of the self-proclaimed Bosnian Croat wartime state of Herzeg-Bosnia , was convicted of murder , rape and expulsion of Bosniaks . He was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment
Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing
Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing
Rape during the Bosnian War