This paper questions applicability of restorative justice in cases of sexual violence. Specific nature and serious consequences of sexual violence are the reason why this question has appeared. In order to find out the answer, the authors have presented the characteristics, mechanisms and nature of restorative justice, concurrently offering the comparison of arguments in favor of and against the applicability of restorative justice in this particularly sensitive type of criminal offences. Together with the review of diverse theoretical approaches to this matter, the authors have tested the applicability of restorative justice in cases of sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this paper normative, comparative and historical scientific methods have been used.