Čelebići camp
| Čelebići camp | |
|---|---|
| Internment camp | |
Serbs from the Konjic area detained in the Čelebići camp | |
| Coordinates | 43°41′1″N 17°53′45″E / 43.68361°N 17.89583°E |
| Location | Čelebići, Konjic municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Operated by | Bosnian Ministry of the Interior, Croatian Defence Council, Bosnian Territorial Defence |
| Operational | April–December 1992 |
| Inmates | Bosnian Serbs |
| Number of inmates | 400–700 |
| Killed | 14-30 |
The Čelebići camp was a prison camp run by joint Bosniak and Bosnian Croat forces during the Bosnian War where Serb prisoners were detained and subjected to murder, beatings, torture, sexual assaults and otherwise cruel and inhumane treatment. The facility was used by several units of the Bosnian Ministry of the Interior (MUP), Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and later the Bosnian Territorial Defence Forces (TO). It was located in Čelebići, a village in the central Bosnian municipality of Konjic.
The camp was operational from April to December 1992 and approximately 400-700 Serbs were held there during its existence. Most of the Serb detainees were civilians, arrested during military operations that were intended to unblock routes to Sarajevo and Mostar in May 1992 that had earlier been blocked by Serb forces. Some prisoners were shot or stabbed and killed or beaten to death. It is believed that as many as 30 prisoners died while in captivity.
On 21 March 1996, camp deputy commander Hazim Delić, guard Esad Landžo, commander Zdravko Mucić and Zejnil Delalić were indicted by the ICTY for their roles in the crimes committed at the camp. Following the trial, Delić, Landžo and Mucić were found guilty of violations of the customs of war and grave breaches of the Geneva conventions for the murder, torture and cruel treatment of prisoners with each receiving a sentence of 20 years, 15 years and 7 years respectively. Delalić was acquitted.