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Re-Evaluating The Theoretical Basis And Methodology Of International Criminal Trials, Dermot Groome
Re-Evaluating The Theoretical Basis And Methodology Of International Criminal Trials, Dermot Groome
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Adjudicating Genocide: Is The International Court Of Justice Capable Of Judging State Criminal Responsibility?, Dermot Groome
Adjudicating Genocide: Is The International Court Of Justice Capable Of Judging State Criminal Responsibility?, Dermot Groome
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Last February, the International Court of Justice issued a judgement adjudicating claims by Bosnia and Herzegovina that Serbia breached the 1948 Genocide Convention – the case marks the first time a state has made such claims against another. The alleged genocidal acts were the same as those that have been the subject of several criminal trials in the Yugoslav Tribunal. The judgment contained several landmark rulings – among them, the Court found that a state, as a state, could commit the crime of genocide and the applicable standard of proof for determining state responsibility is comparable to the standard used …