Omarska camp
| Omarska | |
|---|---|
| Concentration Camp | |
Location of Omarska in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Coordinates | 44°52′9″N 16°52′58″E / 44.86917°N 16.88278°E |
| Location | Omarska, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Operated by | Bosnian Serb forces |
| Operational | 25 May – 21 August 1992 (2 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) |
| Inmates | Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats |
| Number of inmates | c. 6,000 |
| Killed | 700 |
The Omarska camp was a concentration camp run by the Army of Republika Srpska in the mining town of Omarska, near Prijedor in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, set up for Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) and Bosnian Croat prisoners during the Prijedor ethnic cleansing. Functioning in the first months of the Bosnian War in 1992, it was one of 677 alleged detention centers and camps set up throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war. While nominally an "investigation center" or "assembly point" for members of the Bosniak and Croatian population, Human Rights Watch classified Omarska as a concentration camp.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, located in The Hague, found several individuals guilty of crimes against humanity perpetrated at Omarska. Murder, torture, rape, and abuse of prisoners was common. Around 6,000 Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats, mainly men, were held at the camp for about five months in the spring and summer of 1992. Hundreds died of starvation, punishment, beatings, ill-treatment and executions.