An activist who who campaigns for women who were raped and sexually abused in the Bosnian War will receive an honorary degree from Glasgow Caledonian University.

Bakira Hasečić, who came on an official visit to Glasgow this year, will be honoured for her outstanding contribution to international human rights and justice for women in Bosnia.

It is estimated that up to 50,000 women were raped during the war, from 1992 to 1995.

In 2003 Ms Hasečić founded the Association of Women Victims of War to gather evidence against war criminals who were hiding in Bosnia.

She was a victim of rape in the early days of the war when her family was attacked in her hometown of Visegrad.

Her organisation now provides legal and financial support for victims of abuse during the war and attempts to prosecute those responsible.

The university's vice-chancellor, professor Pamela Gillies, visited the Balkan country last week as part of a delegation from by Remembering Srebrenica Scotland.

The 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which 8000 Muslim men and boys were killed, was the worst atrocity in Europe since the second world war.

Prof Gillies said: "It has been an enormous privilege for me to meet Bakira Hasečić and to invite her to accept an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the university.

"Her strength and humanity is truly humbling.

"The Association Bakira founded and still leads today has succeeded in giving the many traduced women of the war a voice, companionship, care, and support, as well as bringing the guilty to justice in the courts."

She continued: "This is an ongoing struggle and challenge.

"The award for this courageous inspirational woman is in recognition of her fight to bring to justice the many war criminals who subjected Bosnian Muslim women to the most appalling sexual violence, rape, and degradation during the war."

The honorary doctorate will be awarded during graduations in July 2018.