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

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ICJ holding judicial directive legal obligation

"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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Label	Occurrences
Serbia must take steps to comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention canonical	1

Statements (44)

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	Serbia ⓘ surface form: Republic of 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	Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ, 2007) ⓘ surface form: 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 (Genocide Convention) ⓘ surface form: Article I of the Genocide Convention Article 9 of the Genocide Convention ⓘ surface form: 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	Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ, 2007) ⓘ surface form: Judgment of the International Court of Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (2007)
partyToCase	Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
relatesToInstrument	GenocideConvention1948 ⓘ surface form: 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	Serbia ⓘ surface form: Republic of 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 ⓘ