GENOCIDE OVER THE BOSNIAKS AND GERMAN JUDICIARY: UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION FOR GENOCIDE Cover Image

Genocid nad Bošnjacima i njemačko pravosuđe: univerzalna jurisdikcija za genocid
GENOCIDE OVER THE BOSNIAKS AND GERMAN JUDICIARY: UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION FOR GENOCIDE

Author(s): Hikmet Karčić
Subject(s): Criminal Law, International Law
Published by: Bošnjačka zajednica kulture "Preporod"
Keywords: genocide; universal jurisdiction; German judiciary;

Summary/Abstract: The German judiciary has passed four important judgments regarding the war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The importance of these judgments is the determination of genocide committing in the municipalities of Foča, Kalesija, Doboj and Kotor Varoš in 1992. In this paper we provide a brief overview and analysis of those judgments and the facts that have been established in the trial. Mentioned judgments were confirmed by the higher courts in Germany and in one case even before the European Court of Human Rights.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 59-66
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bosnian