Following is a schedule of the trial : The ICJ held that the Srebrenica massacre was a genocide . It stated the following : The Court found — although not unanimously — that Serbia was neither directly responsible for the Srebrenica genocide , nor that it was complicit in it , but it did rule that Serbia had committed a breach of the Genocide Convention by failing to prevent the genocide from occurring and for not cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) in punishing the perpetrators of the genocide , in particular General Ratko Mladić , and for violating its obligation to comply with the provisional measures ordered by the Court . The then Vice-President of the Court , Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh , dissented on the grounds that " Serbia 's involvement , as a principal actor or accomplice , in the genocide that took place in Srebrenica is supported by massive and compelling evidence . " The Court found : The Vice-President of the International Court of Justice , Judge Al-Khasawneh , dissented : Serbia 's violations of its obligations stem not only from the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide but also from two " provisional protective measures " issued by the International Court of Justice in April and September 1993 . The then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was ordered explicitly " to do everything in its power to prevent the crimes of genocide and to make sure that such crimes are not committed by military or paramilitary formations operating under its control or with its support . " The judges concluded that despite this explicit order , Serbia did nothing in July 1995 to prevent the Srebrenica massacre , although it " should normally have been aware of the serious danger that acts of genocide would be committed . " In reaching this decision , the court referred to the standard set by '' Nicaragua v. United States '' , in which the United States was found not to be legally responsible for the actions of the Contra guerillas despite their common goal and widely publicised support
Srebrenica massacre
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