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Posts published by “Gentian Zyberi”

I work at the Norwegian Center for Human Rights of the University of Oslo. Previously I have worked at the Amsterdam Center for International Law of the University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights of Utrecht University, the Netherlands. During the last over twenty years I have done research, published and taught in the areas of international human rights, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and public international law at universities in the Netherlands, US, China, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Norway.

Croatia to withdraw its case against Serbia?

Recently I read in the news that Croatia is going to withdraw its case against Serbia. This case was brought before the International Court of Justice in 1999 and is based on Article IX of the 1948 Genocide Convention. To be more precise, the application instituting proceedings was filed on 2 July 1999. Croatia claims that Serbia has breached several of its obligations under the Genocide Convention. The Court’s judgment on preliminary objections was rendered on 18 November 2008. For more information on this case see here. Is this move (provided that the request to remove the case from the List…