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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Case (Croatia v Serbia)

Raphael Schäfer

Content type:
Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
November 2019

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 24 May 2025

Subject(s):
Actus reus — Mens rea — Ethnic cleansing — Genocide — Burden of proof — Responsibility of states — State succession, international agreements — Travaux préparatoires — Treaties, reservations and declarations

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 The Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v Serbia) is a case decided by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 3 February 2015. The case is also known as the ‘Croatian Genocide Convention Case’ to distinguish it from the earlier ‘Bosnian Genocide Convention Case’ (Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Case [Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia and Montenegro]), decided by the Court on 26 February 2007. Together with the Legality of Use of Force cases,...
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