Serbia must take steps to comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention

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"Serbia must take steps to comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention" is a key holding from the International Court of Justice’s 2007 judgment in Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro, directing Serbia to fulfill its duties to prevent and punish genocide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ICJ holding ⓘ
judicial directive ⓘ
legal obligation ⓘ
addressesFailure Serbia’s failure to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
Serbia’s failure to prevent the Srebrenica genocide ⓘ
aimsTo ensure Serbia’s future compliance with the Genocide Convention ⓘ
prevent repetition of genocide on the territory of the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
appliesTo Republic of Serbia ⓘ
linked to: Serbia
category international criminal law ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ
law of state responsibility ⓘ
concernsEvent genocide at Srebrenica in July 1995 ⓘ
dateOfJudgment 26 February 2007 ⓘ
foundIn ICJ Judgment of 26 February 2007 in Case Concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) ⓘ
issuedBy International Court of Justice ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis Article I of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article IX of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article V of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
Article VI of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
legalNature binding on Serbia under international law ⓘ
partOf Judgment of the International Court of Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (2007) ⓘ
partyToCase Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
relatesToInstrument Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
relatesToObligation obligation not to commit genocide ⓘ
obligation to cooperate with international courts in prosecuting genocide ⓘ
obligation to enact necessary domestic legislation to punish genocide ⓘ
obligation to ensure effective penalties for persons guilty of genocide ⓘ
obligation to prevent genocide ⓘ
obligation to prevent incitement to genocide ⓘ
obligation to punish genocide ⓘ
obligation to respect ICJ judgments ⓘ
requiresAction adoption of measures to prevent future acts of genocide ⓘ
adoption of measures to punish perpetrators of genocide ⓘ
full cooperation with international criminal tribunals in genocide prosecutions ⓘ
implementation of ICJ judgment at the domestic level ⓘ
seatOfCourt The Hague ⓘ
subjectMatter interpretation and application of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
state responsibility for failure to prevent genocide ⓘ
state responsibility for failure to punish genocide ⓘ
state responsibility for genocide ⓘ
successorStateConcerned Republic of Serbia ⓘ
linked to: Serbia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ, 2007) → finding → Serbia must take steps to comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention ⓘ