Editing 2001 (section)

=== Law ===
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Belgium set precedent when the government prosecuted crimes of the [[Rwandan genocide]], invoking a 1993 law that gave Belgian courts jurisdiction over [[Geneva Conventions]] violations that take place anywhere in the world.<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=226}} In another first for international law, the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] determined that [[wartime sexual violence]] was a war crime.<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|page=374}} President [[Slobodan Milošević]] of Serbia (1997–2000) was arrested on April 1 for his role in the [[Srebrenica massacre]] and other crimes against humanity committed during the [[Bosnian War]]. He was the first head of state to see trial for war crimes in this manner.<ref name=":5"/>{{Rp|page=230}} The tribunal also prosecuted general [[Radislav Krstić]], bringing its first conviction for genocide.<ref name=":10"/>{{Rp|page=18}}

The [[International Court of Justice]] heard two new cases in 2001: Liechtenstein challenged Germany's claim that Lichtenstein property had been seized from Germany during World War II, and Nicaragua brought a challenge against Colombia regarding maritime borders. It delivered judgement in a 1991 case of a territorial dispute between Bahrain and Qatar, and it ruled in a German challenge against the United States that the court's own provisional orders are binding.<ref name=":10" />{{Rp|page=492}}