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State responsibility for genocide: a follow-up

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posted on 2007-09-01, 00:00 authored by M Milanovic
The article comments on the recent judgment of the International Court of Justice in the Genocide case, and discusses several issues which arise from it. It first briefly explains the several constraints under which the Court had to operate in deciding this case, most notably its limited jurisdiction, the legally very strict definition of genocide, and the litigation strategies of the two parties. The article then turns to examining two specific issues that the Court did not address in a fully satisfactory manner, namely the question of Serbia's responsibility for the acts of the Scorpions paramilitary group, as well as the Court's refusal to ask Serbia to produce certain confidential military documents. The Court's analysis of state responsibility for complicity in genocide and state responsibility for failing to prevent genocide is then addressed. The article finally criticizes the Court's reasoning when it comes to reparation and remedies.

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Journal

European journal of international law

Volume

18

Pagination

669-694

Location

Oxford, Eng.

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

0938-5428

eISSN

1464-3596

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2007, EJIL

Issue

4

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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