Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY)

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ICTY case genocide case international criminal case war crimes trial

Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) is a landmark judgment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia that established the Srebrenica massacre as an act of genocide and clarified key legal standards for prosecuting genocide under international law.

Aliases (1)

Prosecutor v. Radislav Krstić ×1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ICTY case → genocide case → international criminal case → war crimes trial →
appealOutcome	partially upheld and partially revised by the Appeals Chamber →
appealsChamber	Appeals Chamber of the ICTY →
applicableLaw	Geneva Conventions and their customary rules → customary international law on genocide →
armedConflictContext	Bosnian War → conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992–1995 →
chamber	Trial Chamber I of the ICTY →
charge	complicity in genocide → deportation as a crime against humanity → extermination as a crime against humanity → genocide → inhumane acts as a crime against humanity → murder as a crime against humanity → murder as a violation of the laws or customs of war → persecutions as a crime against humanity →
clarifiedConcept	actus reus of genocide → mens rea for genocide → protected groups under the Genocide Convention → relationship between ethnic cleansing and genocide →
conviction	aiding and abetting genocide → deportation as a crime against humanity → extermination as a crime against humanity → genocide → inhumane acts as a crime against humanity → murder as a crime against humanity → murder as a violation of the laws or customs of war → persecutions as a crime against humanity →
court	International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia →
crimeQualifiedAs	genocide at Srebrenica →
defendant	Radislav Krstić →
finding	Bosnian Muslim men and boys of Srebrenica were a protected group under the Genocide Convention → Srebrenica massacre constituted genocide → forcible transfer of women, children and elderly was part of the genocidal operation → intent to destroy the Bosnian Muslim community of Srebrenica in part → mass executions of Bosnian Muslim men and boys around Srebrenica in July 1995 → subsequent reburials to conceal the crimes → systematic killing and burial in mass graves →
fullName	Prosecutor v. Radislav Krstić →
influenced	jurisprudence of other international criminal courts and tribunals → subsequent ICTY Srebrenica-related cases →
jurisdiction	international criminal law → war crimes in the former Yugoslavia →
legalBasis	Article 4 of the ICTY Statute → Genocide Convention of 1948 → ICTY Statute →
legalSignificance	cited by the International Court of Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro → clarified modes of liability for genocide including aiding and abetting → clarified the concept of destruction of a group in part → clarified the notion of a substantial part of a protected group → clarified the standard of specific intent for genocide → first ICTY judgment to characterize Srebrenica events as genocide → influential precedent for later international criminal tribunals → landmark case on the definition of genocide →
locationOfCrimes	Srebrenica → eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina →
prosecutor	Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia →
relatedEvent	Srebrenica genocide → fall of the Srebrenica enclave in July 1995 →
sentenceType	term of imprisonment →
subjectMatter	crimes against humanity → genocide → violations of the laws or customs of war →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide →	citedInCase
Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) ("Prosecutor v. Radislav Krstić") →	fullName