By Ena Cefo
The ICJ ruled
against the complaint and counter-complaint between the governments of Croatia
and Serbia for genocide allegedly committed in their respective territories in
the early 1990s. The ICJ acknowledged widespread violence and destruction, but
did not find “intent to destroy a group” as required for a finding of genocide
under the Genocide Convention of 1948. In its report, the
ICJ differentiated ethnic cleansing from genocide and ruled that the intent “to
inflict damage on [a group] or to remove the population” did not suffice to
prove genocide. Serbian and Croatian leaders expressed disappointment at the
ruling, but hoped that the resolution of the cases would allow both countries
to move on and rebuild their futures.
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