This thesis examines the use of rape and sexual violence in the war in Bosnia & Herzegovina in the context of genocide as the case study. The focus of the thesis is on the Bosnian Muslim population, specifically on acts of sexual violence and rape committed against Bosnian Muslim women. The theoretical framework, which is applied, is consisting of definitions of genocide, provided by Raphael Lemkin and the 1948 Genocide Convention, and including the perspective of Feminist theory. This is done through a qualitative content analysis of both primary and secondary sources, in which various accounts and reporting on the use of rape during the war in Bosnia & Herzegovina, are presented and reported on. The findings reveal multiple acts committed by the armed Serb could constitute as an act of genocide, through their dehumanization of the Bosnian Muslim woman, the establishment of rape camps, forced impregnations and a possible existence of an official policy of rape. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the study of rape and sexual violence as an act of genocide, rather than solely focusing on the act of killing in genocide.