Genocide and the International Court of Justice

Finally, a Duty to Prevent the Crime of Crimes

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ID12967016
AuthorsWilliam A Schabas (0000-0002-7462-4284, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume2
Issue2
Pages101-122
Publication date2007-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGenocide Studies and Prevention (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1911-0359 • E-ISSN: 1911-9933
PublisherInternational Association of Genocide Scholars (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3138/gsp.2.2.101
OpenAlexW1997141009
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited5

The International Court of Justice has issued its long-awaited decision in the suit filed by Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbia and Montenegro with respect to the 1992–1995 war. The decision confirms the factual and legal determinations of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ruling that genocide was committed during the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995 but that the conflict as a whole was not genocidal in nature. The Court held that Serbia had failed in its duty to prevent genocide in Srebrenica, although—because, the Court said, there was no certainty that it could have succeeded in preventing the genocide—no damages were awarded. The judgment provides a strong and authoritative statement of the general duty upon states to prevent genocide that dovetails well with the doctrine of the responsibility to protect

Criminology · Doctrine · Duty · Economic Justice · Genocide · International court · International law · Political science · Public international law · Sociology · Tribunal · War crime · European and International Law Studies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law

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