The Actus Reus of Genocide in the Croatia v. Serbia Judgment
Between Legality and Acceptability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12187445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Fournet (0000-0002-8536-8204, Dialyse Centrum Groningen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 915-921 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leiden Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0922-1565 • E-ISSN: 1478-9698 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0922156515000497 |
| OpenAlex | W2479174539 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
The long-awaited verdict of the International Court of Justice in the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide case between Croatia and Serbia brought to an end the speculations as to whether or not a finding of genocide would be reached. After lengthy considerations on the genocidal actus reus , the Court dismissed all the claims of genocide, based on the lack of genocidal intent. If this conclusion is perfectly in line with established law and case law, its wider readability and acceptability outside of the legal microcosm is perhaps doubtful. How can a judgment which recognizes that acts falling within the list of proscribed genocidal acts have been committed but which then refutes their qualification as genocidal due to a lack of specific intent be explicable to those who lost their loved ones in what they feel was an enterprise of destruction
Economic Justice · Genocide · Political science · Principle of legality · Punishment (psychology · Verdict · Cambodian History and Society · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |