The Strange Story of the Bosnian Genocide Case

Leiden Journal of International Law

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-94

  Dimitrijević, Vojin ^a   Milanović, Marko ^b  

^a Union University Law School Belgrade   (Serbia)

^b Thomas Buergenthal of the International Court of Justice ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; genocide; International Court of Justice; Serbia; Yugoslavia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952570074     PISSN: 09221565     EISSN: 14789698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0922156507004736     Document Type: Article

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