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Nadležnost Međunarodnog krivičnog suda za zločin genocida kao faktor generalne prevencije
Jurisdiction of International Criminal Court Over Crime of Genocide as a Factor of General Prevention

Author(s): Zarije Seizović, Goran Šimić
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Genocide; Prevention of Genocide; International Criminal Court for Former Yugoslavia; International Criminal Court; Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide; Culture of Impunity; Culture of Denia

Summary/Abstract: This paper is about the role of International Criminal Court (ICC) in prevention of crime of genocide. After the introductory remarks, the article explores historical background to establishment of this international criminal justice mechanism, its jurisdiction as set forth in its Statute, reflecting upon jurisdiction over genocide, complicity in genocide, incitement and conspiracy to commit genocide. The paper deals with war crime trials being conducted before the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which had become important factor of general prevention to genocide in the World. The article also briefly touches upon the trials for genocide being conducted before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Eventually, in the light of its judgement of 26 February 2007, the paper deals with the role of International Court of Justice in the case Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro for genocide.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 01+02
  • Page Range: 105-125
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Bosnian