Court clears Serbia of genocide

The International Court of Justice, UN's highest court, has cleared Serbia of direct responsibility for genocide during the 1990s Bosnian war, February 2007. But the ICJ did rule that Serbia had violated international law by failing to prevent the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica.

• Primary Source

International Court of Justice: Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro). Summary of the Judgment of 26 February 2007 http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ipresscom/ipress2007/isummary_2007-2_bhy_20070226.htm

BBC News, 27.2.07: Serbs' collective sigh of relief http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6399321.stm

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