On Monday, the International Court of Justice announced a complicated Decision, regarding Genocide, committed during the Bosnian War. An analysis will follow, in a few days, but first, here is the official World Court Summary.
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)
The Court affirms that it has jurisdiction to deal with the case
The Court finds that Serbia has violated its obligation under the Genocide Convention to prevent genocide in Srebrenica and that it has also violated its obligations under the Convention by having failed fully to co-operate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
THE HAGUE, 26 February 2007. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today rendered its Judgment in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro).
In its Judgment, which is final, binding and without appeal, the Court
PLEASE CONTINUE
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ipresscom/ipress2007/ipresscom_2007-8_bhy_200702026.htm
Please also see:
UN World Court acquits Serbia of genocide in Bosnia;
finds it guilty of inaction
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21672&Cr=ICJ&Cr1
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)
The Court affirms that it has jurisdiction to deal with the case
The Court finds that Serbia has violated its obligation under the Genocide Convention to prevent genocide in Srebrenica and that it has also violated its obligations under the Convention by having failed fully to co-operate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
THE HAGUE, 26 February 2007. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today rendered its Judgment in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro).
In its Judgment, which is final, binding and without appeal, the Court
PLEASE CONTINUE
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ipresscom/ipress2007/ipresscom_2007-8_bhy_200702026.htm
Please also see:
UN World Court acquits Serbia of genocide in Bosnia;
finds it guilty of inaction
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=21672&Cr=ICJ&Cr1