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The International Court of Justice, in the Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro judgment of 26 February 2007 (Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro), said that not only was genocide prevented because of the deterrent effects of punishment, the duty to prevent genocide had its own autonomous scope which was both “normative and compelling”.
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The International Court of Justice stated in its 26 February 2007 judgment in Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro that the duty to prevent genocide has an autonomous, normative, and compelling scope, beyond the deterrent effects of punishment.
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{
    "case": "Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro",
    "date": "2007-02-26",
    "court": "International Court of Justice"
}
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International Law Genocide International Court of Justice
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September 26, 2026 at 12:04 AM (2 weeks ago)
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The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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By William A Schabas Professor of International Law National University of Ireland Galway Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights English Fran ais Espa ol The text of the

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