Global InformationNusreta Sivac information
Nusreta Sivac | |
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| Born | 18 February 1951 Prijedor, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Organization(s) | Women's Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Nusreta Sivac (born 18 February 1951) is a Bosnian activist for victims of rape and other war crimes and a former judge. During the Bosnian War she was an inmate at the Bosnian Serb-run Omarska camp in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina where she and other women at the camp were raped, beaten, and tortured. After the camp's closure in August 1992 due to press coverage, she became an activist for victims of rape and is credited with helping in the recognition of wartime rape as a war crime under international law. She is a member of the Women's Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina.