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1041/ NSC Sub-Group on War Crimes Evidence, Attached to Letter Dated S/1994/674/Annex VIII Page 541 Notes (continued) 1409 / Id., IHRLI Doc. No. 62782 -62783. 1410 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 57040, corroborative of list provided at US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 56448, 56449; United States Mission, Seve nth Submission to the United Nations Security Council , IHRLI Doc. No. 11912, 11914. 1411 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 56775 - 56780. 1412 / United States Mission, Sixth Submission to the United Nations Security C ouncil (9 March 1993), IHRLI Doc. No. 18359, 18386. 1413 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 56775 - 56780. 1414 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 56781 - 56788, the description of KP Dom, its pro cedures and history is provided in large part by the information collected by the State Department from a 54 year -old Bosnian Muslim businessman from Sarajevo who was detained by mobilized Bosnian Serbs in Fo …a where he had extensive contacts in the community. He was put under house arrest from 8 April to 19 May 1992 and held in the prison from 19 May to 13 October 1992. British Defence Debriefing Team (DDT) "Special Report on Fo …a Camp", 25 March 1994, atta ched to letter dated 7 April 1994 reports Fo …a men's prison being used as a Serb prison for Muslims. 1415 / Zdravko Grebo, Report , 19 November 1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 5500. 1416 / Apparently cats inadvertently triggered a number of the mines at some point during the year. This caused a startling explosion, prompting the above explanation by the guards to the prisoners. US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 62778. 1417 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRL I Doc. No. 56781, 56783. 1418 / Id. 1419 / Reports Obtained During Commission Mission to the Former Yugoslavia -April, 1993, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, Rapporteur on Data Gathering and Analysis, United Nations Commission of Experts, IHRLI Do c. No. 15906; US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 56781 -56784. 1420 / ICRC Activities Report, IHRLI Doc. No. 23239. 1421 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 56781, 56784; see also, Bosnia Action Co mmittee, Women's Section, IHRLI Doc. No. 9763. 1422 / Helsinki Watch, War Crimes in Bosnia -Hercegovina, Volume II (April 1993), IHRLI Doc. No. 9279, 9531 -9533. 1423 / Id. 1424 / Id. S/1994/674/Annex VIII Page 542 Notes (continued) 1425 / Id. 1426 / Id. 1427 / Id. 1428 / Id. 1429 / Id., IHRLI Doc. No. 9534 -9535. 1430 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 62778. Another source declares that many Muslims were murdered daily at the Fo …a House of Correction, Bosnia Action Committee, Wo men's Section, IHRLI Doc. No. 9763. 1431 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 62778, 62781. 1432 / Id., IHRLI Doc. No. 62778. 1433 / United States Mission, Seventh Submission to the United Nations (12 April 1993), I HRLI Doc. No. 11912, 11927. 1434 / Id., IHRLI Doc. No. 11912, 11928. 1435 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 62778 - 62779. 1436 / US Department of State, witness statements, IHRLI Doc. No. 62780, 56525 -56527, 56782 -56784; International Society for Human Rights, British Section, IHRLI Doc. No. 9255, 9260; BH Testimonies/E 1992 -2, IHRLI Doc. No. 30252. 1437 / International Society for Human Rights, British Section, 10 August 1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 9255, 9260. 1438 / Allegations to the attention of Professor Frits Kalshoven, Geneva, 5 January 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 4907. 1439 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 62835 - 62837, 56448 -56450. 1440 / Id. Although the individual repo rts this as a former juvenile correctional facility it seems that it is probably the KP Dom as described above. 1441 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 62780. 1442 / US Department of State, witness statement, IHRLI Do c. No. 57194. 1443 / Fax from BBC Breakfast News to the Commission of Experts, 27 September 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 39139, 39143 -39144, 39147 -39150. 1444 / An official UN source, IHRLI Doc. No. 12940, 12941. 1445 / Id. S/1994/674/Annex VIII Page 543 Notes (co ntinued) 1446 / National Organization for Victim Assistance, "Recommendations for Assistance to Victims of Trauma in the Former Yugoslavia", IHRLI Doc. No. 9114, 9163; An official UN source, IHRLI Doc. No. 12940, 12941. 1447 / National Organization for Victim Assistance, " Recommendations for Assistance to Victims of Trauma in the Former Yugoslavia", IHRLI Doc. No. 9114, 9163; An official UN source, IHRLI Doc. No. 12940, 12941. 1448 / Republic of Croatia, Division of Information, Ministry of Health, Testimony SIL -420 , IHRLI Doc. No. 39574A -39575A. 1449 / Testimony of [witness], "Aggression Against the Republic of Bosnia -Herzegovina, Facts on the Effects (Excerpts)", 7 April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 29887, 29910 -29911. 1450 / Id. 1451 / Statement of Wi tness, 29 July 1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 33197 -33198. 1452 / Witness Statement, 18 July 1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 33265 -33266. 1453 / United States Mission, Seventh Submission to the United Nations Security Council (13 April 1993), IHRLI Doc. No. 18225, 18243 -18244. 1454 / Id. 1455 / Id. 1456 / Witness Statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 30194 -30195. 1457 / Summary of Interview of two Rape Victims (Bassiouni/Fenrick), 25 November 1992, Sarajevo, IHRLI Doc. No. 15568; "Aggression Against the Republic of Bosnia -Herzegovina, Facts on the Effects (Excerpts)", Testimony of [witness], 7 April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 29887, 29911; Statement No. 1758/93, IHRLI Doc. No. 29204 -29206. 1458 / An official UN source, IHRLI Doc. No. 12940, 12941. 1459 / An official UN source, IHRLI Doc. No. 18936, 18955. 1460 / US Department of State, witness statements, IHRLI Doc. No. 57191 - 57196, 57188 -57190; see also, Tom Post, "A Pattern of Rape", Newsweek , 4 January 1993, at 33, IHRLI Doc. No. 8549, 855 0. 1461 / US Department of State, witness statements, IHRLI Doc. No. 57191 - 57196, 57188 -57190; see also, Tom Post, "A Pattern of Rape", Newsweek , 4 January 1993, at 33, IHRLI Doc. No. 8549, 8550. 1462 / US Department of State, witness state ments, IHRLI Doc. No. 57191 - 57196, 57188 -57190; see also, Tom Post, "A Pattern of Rape", Newsweek , 4 January 1993, at 33, IHRLI Doc. No. 8549, 8550. 1463 / US Department of State, witness statements, IHRLI Doc. No. 57191 - 57196, 57188 -57190; see als o, Tom Post, "A Pattern of Rape", Newsweek , 4 January 1993, at 33, IHRLI Doc. No. 8549, 8550. 1464 / US Department of State, witness statements, IHRLI Doc. No. 57191 - S/1994/674/Annex VIII Page 544 Notes (continued) 57196, 57188 -57190; see also, Tom Post, "A Pattern of Rape", Newsweek , 4 January 1 993, at 33, IHRLI Doc. No. 8549, 8550. 1465 / US Department of State, witness statements, IHRLI Doc. No. 57191 - 57196, 57188 -57190; see also, Tom Post, "A Pattern of Rape", Newsweek , 4 January 1993, at 33, IHRLI Doc. No. 8549, 8550. 1466 / U S Department of State, witness statements, IHRLI Doc. No. 57191 - 57196, 57188 -57190; see also, Tom Post, "A Pattern of Rape", Newsweek , 4 January 1993, at 33, IHRLI Doc. No. 8549, 8550. 1467 / US Department of State, witness statements, IHRLI Doc. N o. 57191 - 57196, 57188 -57190; see also, Tom Post, "A Pattern of Rape", Newsweek , 4 January 1993, at 33, IHRLI Doc. No. 8549, 8550. Another report states that Muslim children have been born into captivity and retained for up to five months in a camp for wom en in Fo …a, Bosnia Action Committee, Women's Section, IHRLI Doc. No. 9772. 1468 / British Defence Debriefing Team (DDT) "Special Report on Fo …a Camp", 25 March 1994, attached to letter dated 7 April 1994, IHRLI Doc. No. 63784, 63821, 63824; Roy Gutman, News day , 19 April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 35615, 35622. 1469 / Minnesota Advocates, August 1992 to June 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 35623. 1470 / US Department of State, Witness Statements, IHRLI Doc No. 56905, 56906, 56775, 56777. 1471 / US Departmen t of State, Witness Statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 56906. 1472 / US Department of State, Witness Statement, IHRLI Doc. No. 56775, 56777. 1473 / Id. 1474 / BH Testimonies/E 1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 29294; BH Testimonies/E 1992 2, IHRLI Doc. No. 302 22. 1475 / US Department of State, witness statements, IHRLI Doc. No 56775, 56777; Minnesota Advocates, August 1992 to June 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 35621. 1476 / Minnesota Advocates, August 1992 to June 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 35623. 1477 / BH Testimonies/FNo.3 1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 35685; BH Testimonies/E, IHRLI Doc. No. 29204; BH Testimonies/FNo.1, IHRLI Doc. No. 32102. 1478 / BH Testimonies/E 1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 32102. 1479 / See, e.g., BiH Committee for the Protection of Human Fr eedoms and Rights, IHRLI Doc. No. 26698, 26699. 1480 / Republic of Croatia, Division of Information, Ministry of Health, Testimony , IHRLI Doc. No. 4622. 1481 / BH Testimonies/E 1992, IHRLI Doc No. 30207 -30208, 30170 -30171; S/1994/674/Annex VIII Page 545 Notes (co ntinued) Bassiouni Interviews, April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 15568 -15569; see also BH Testimonies/FNo.3 1992, IHRLI Doc. No 35685. 1482 / Republic of Croatia, Division of Information, Ministry of Health, 7 January 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 4627. 1483 / Republic of Croatia, Division of Information, Ministry of Health, Testimony , 7 January 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 4626. 1484 / Republic of Croatia, Division of Information, Ministry of Health, Testimony , 7 January 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 4642. One report states that a camp for women in M iljevina holds only girls of 14 or younger for any length of time. Older females, it seems, are raped and not held. Bosnia Action Committee, Women's Section, IHRLI Doc. No. 9773. 1485 / BBC Monitoring Unit transcript attached to letter dated 13 April 1993, IHRLI Doc.
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