"Intl Court of Justice and genocide law (II)
Gunduz Aktan
14 March 2007
In the Bosnia-Serbia judgment, the International Court of Justice at The Hague broadened the concept of 'state responsibility' for genocide, as provided for in Article 9 of the Convention. This is a landmark development. Until this decision, the criminal responsibility was imputable only to persons (Article 4), and state responsibility was confined to the prevention of genocide and punishment of its perpetrators (Article 1).
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