Application and Interpretation of the Genocide Convention in the Recent Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice: Issues of Jurisdiction by Rutvica Rusan Novokmet

“…Russian Federation in which the Court discussed issues of a preliminary character relevant for the establishment of its (prima facie) jurisdiction. Hence, the author particularly addresses the questions of the existence of a dispute between the parties, the ratione personae jurisdiction of the Court, the erga omnes character of obligations under the Convention, jus standi of the parties before the Court, the relationship between Articles VIII and IX of the Convention, and the problem of the use of force for the purpose of preventing or punishing genocide. …”
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