Editing Genocide Convention (section)

=== Yugoslavia ===
The first state and parties to be found in breach of the Genocide Convention were Serbia and Montenegro and numerous Bosnian Serb leaders. In ''[[Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro]],'' the International Court of Justice presented its judgment on 26 February 2007. It cleared Serbia of direct involvement in [[genocide]] during the Bosnian war. International Tribunal findings have addressed two allegations of genocidal events, including the 1992 ethnic cleansing campaign in municipalities throughout Bosnia, as well as the convictions found in regards to the [[Srebrenica massacre]] of 1995 in which the tribunal found, "Bosnian Serb forces committed genocide, they targeted for extinction, the 40,000 Bosnian Muslims of Srebrenica ... the trial chamber refers to the crimes by their appropriate name, genocide ..." However, individual convictions applicable to the 1992 ethnic cleansings have not been secured. A number of domestic courts and legislatures have found these events to have met the criteria of genocide, and the ICTY found the acts of, and intent to destroy to have been satisfied, the "dolus specialis" still in question and before the MICT, a UN war crimes court,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chambers, The Hague |title=ICTY convicts Ratko Mladić for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity {{!}} International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |url=http://www.icty.org/en/press/icty-convicts-ratko-mladi%C4%87-for-genocide-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity |website=www.icty.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL26638724._CH_.2400 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302091728/http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL26638724._CH_.2400 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 March 2007 |work=[[Reuters]] |title=Serbia cleared of genocide, failed to stop killing |date=26 February 2007 |first=Alexandra |last=Hudson}}</ref> but ruled that [[Belgrade]] did breach international law by failing to prevent the 1995 [[Srebrenica genocide]], and for failing to try or transfer the persons accused of genocide to the [[ICTY]] in order to comply with its obligations under Articles I and VI of the Genocide Convention, in particular in respect of General [[Ratko Mladić]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?sum=667&code=bhy&p1=3&p2=2&case=91&k=f4&p3=5 |title=ICJ: Summary of the Judgment of 26 February 2007 – Bosnia v. Serbia |website=[[International Court of Justice]] |access-date=19 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605012548/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?sum=667&code=bhy&p1=3&p2=2&case=91&k=f4&p3=5 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/europe/27hague.html?ref=world |title=Court Declares Bosnia Killings Were Genocide |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=26 February 2007 |archive-url= |archive-date=}}. A copy of the ICJ judgement can be found [http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/ibhy/ibhyjudgment/ibhy_ijudgment_20070226_frame.htm here] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228134258/http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/ibhy/ibhyjudgment/ibhy_ijudgment_20070226_frame.htm |date=28 February 2007}}</ref>