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1993-1994 NOVA Newsl. 1 (1993-1994)

handle is hein.journals/novan1993 and id is 1 raw text is: NATIONAL QRGANI~ L 40 News Vein VICTIM ASSIS' me 16 Number 4 of 2 I sue 1993 Trip to Camps Produces Report: NOVA rector Seeks elp for Bosnian Victims By Marlene A. Young. PhD., JD. Executive Director Ediatnte:thl fItill win i the al b e- Iad text her Report on Exploratory I i to Ases Nee of Vc in of Tr uma inieFrm r Yugo lavi' whulb D1nce lrepatrd for reprsentatives of the US. ,ad Bousm governments and frr tle NOVA Boad of ibrectors. h has inre r ansforedhe eo ndationsfr nt menBosnian criss interventron teams int a Jundhng proposal which is now under reew Experienced coris iervenor, willn to olunteer two months time to work with Bosnian refu- gees are encouraged to contact NOVA Hleadquarers Background 0On January 28, 1993, the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) received aninvitat'on from tihe Director of the Voluntar Refugee Repa- tri tion Progrm for Bostu nH -erzegovina, E hh Korkut. M D, to v'iti Eroati and B ,i na-He .egovina to a. sess. te possi- bility of establishn g ciis mtnervention crvice foro Bonin wr crie victim, and i ctim, as. itancecenter for thosevictine in the coastal town of Neun, While na totally sheltered from the destrution of the current wars in Bosnia -Herzegovina Neum has suffered relatively little deva s- On February3 . 93. KathyW Wll a volunteer with expert'se in as sistin, vi- timns of sexual assa ult in Arkansa nd I flew to Vienna and then on to gareb on Februarx . ron ttda throu,, Ftbru- arv 10th. we visited refugee camps and Ira velled to Neum to look at possible sites for the center. Interviews were conducted with refu- MarteVe YoHng gees at each camp, The following fmnig ad recommnend' 'in' re ldrawn fIsns the eports of re'ugees and in dvidult rng to help them and the observa ions of NOVA's representatives. Findings 1 Hule arouities hae been repoted by all sides of the conflicts, those commit- ted by Sebian forces far exceed thos perpetratedb ha yother groupi i hdthe nature and sope of v ictimization, The Scrbin polic t ethnicall <le n.m ing towns and vill ges of their etnic lly- Croati'an0 -Muslim inha bil~ ant. throughout Boi I te Ie. In a. the extermination of all1 male in some onunte, and, inoter, kill- in g <me, impri. ning lud ouinn othe .. andinduuingst'Iother. tofl b. the methodical and strategic ape of girls and ol enn in y n01un uurm- ties, sometimes, perhaps often, with the intent of impregnating as many as possible; c. the theft of all valuable property WVA rnu owned by Muslims or Croatians, and the destruction of what is then not expropriated, including their homcs. d. the torture and enslavement of survi- vors who can serve theSerhian masters in useful ways. There is evidence that the Serbs hav perpetrated acts ni torture that include beatings. castrations, rape. acts of sodomi nd fellatio, crudif ixions, deaths caused 1w un 1hot knivings, slaughtering a ternm of ril meaning the ritualistic tlitin ot tthrr). hurtng.b bkng. thetearing apon1 of limbs, stings. ad so forh. Any civiln regrdie. of gender or gee in be subjected to tore or death. 2. Reugees fleeing the war zone. o exchanged as prisoners leave their homes wIth nothing. Even if they are initiall able to take valuables with them, most of thos e blonIgings arisolen in the p roces of any transfer. 3. Whle te systematic rae of thou- Sand. of Ro nia Mu tim n (roatiin womnen rd girl is extraordinr in cp andhlrutality. iher warecrinmesare equally outrageous t or more so, in the case ot the In This Issue: - Unifr mVicims of Crime Act Craiued . . . 4 * Silent Auti ion, Awards & Board Nominations. ... 5-7 * Judy Comnpere: uthe ~'apvr~ght ar~ app ropriaktt ,'wt~d.

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