Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)


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22 March 1993
Bosnia and Herzegovina brings a case against Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
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24 March 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Request for the indication of provisional measures
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3 April 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - Progress and conclusion of public hearings
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6 April 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - Court to give its decision on Thursday 8 April 1993
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8 April 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Request for the indication of provisional measures
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19 April 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Fixing of time-limits
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28 July 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Second request for the indication of provisional measures
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29 July 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Second request for the indication of provisional measures
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11 August 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Request for the indication of provisional measures
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16 August 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Hearing on Yugoslav reguest for provisional measures
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27 August 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Request for the indication of provisional measures
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8 September 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Requests for the indication of Provisional measures - Court to give its decision on Monday 13 September 1993
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13 September 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Order of the Court on provisional measures
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11 October 1993
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - New time-limits in the case brought by Bosnia and Herzegovina against Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
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6 April 1995
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Extension of time-limit
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19 July 1995
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Filing of Preliminary Objections by Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
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6 February 1996
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Hearings on preliminary objections to open on 29 April 1996
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19 April 1996
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Hearings on preliminary objections to open on 29 April 1996
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6 May 1996
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Preliminary objections - Progress and conclusion of public hearings
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8 July 1996
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Preliminary objections - Judgment to be delivered on 11 July 1996
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11 July 1996
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Judgment on preliminary objections
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24 July 1996
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Proceedings on the merits
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17 December 1997
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - The Court finds Yugoslavian counter-claims admissible
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22 January 1998
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Extension of time-limits for the filing of pleadings
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17 December 1998
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Extension of the time-limit for the filing of the Rejoinder of Yugoslavia
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13 September 2001
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - The President of the Court places on record the withdrawal by Yugoslavia of the counter-claims submitted by that State
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8 December 2004
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Public hearings on the merits of the dispute to open on Monday 27 February 2006
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21 December 2005
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Schedule of public hearings to be held from 27 February to 9 May 2006
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21 February 2006
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Accreditation procedure for the public hearings opening on Monday 27 February 2006
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27 February 2006
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Opening of the public hearings on the merits
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16 March 2006
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Schedule of hearings of witnesses, experts and witness-experts to be held from 17 to 28 March 2006
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21 March 2006
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Cancellation of the hearing of Wednesday 22 March 2006
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9 May 2006
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Conclusion of the public hearings on the merits - Court ready to begin its deliberation
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12 February 2007
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Court to deliver its Judgment on Monday 26 February 2007 at 10 a.m. - The President of the Court will make a statement to the press - immediately after the reading of the Judgment
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26 February 2007
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - The Court affirms that it has jurisdiction to deal with the case - The Court finds that Serbia has violated its obligation under the Genocide Convention to prevent genocide in Srebrenica and that it has also violated its obligations under the Convention by having failed fully to co-operate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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