The municipality of Konjic is located in the region of Bosnia and Herzegovina known as northern Herzegovina, roughly 50 kilometres south of Sarajevo. It is a mountainous, heavily wooded area. The municipality extends on both sides of the Neretva River. The main town, also named Konjic, housed about a third of the total population. Today the population of Konjic municipality is estimated at 39,000 people.



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Konjic on map BiH Population 43,878

These military operations resulted in the arrest of many members of the Serb population and it was thus necessary to create a facility where they could be imprisoned and questioned about their role in war crimes during the siege of Konjic. The former JNA Celebici compound was chosen out of necessity as the appropriate facilities for the detention of prisoners in Konjic. The majority of the prisoners who were detained between April and December 1992 were men, captured during and after the military operations at Bradina and Donje Selo and their surrounding areas. At the end of May, several groups were transferred to the Celebici prison-camp from various locations. In its judgement in the case of Delalic et. al. the ICTY found that Serbian prisoners had been beaten, tortured and some murdered by the camp guards. After these information the prison was closed according to the decision of Bosnian government in December 1992 and remaining prisoners released.

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