Serbia Bosnian genocide ruling [ICJ] News
Serbia Bosnian genocide ruling [ICJ]

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro), International Court of Justice, February 26, 2006 [finding that although the Serbian government was not directly responsible for genocide during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, the country failed to meet its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention to prevent genocide in Srebrenica]. Read the full text and summary of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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