Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia) - Fixing of the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of Serbia

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Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2009/7

22 January 2009

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment

of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia)

Fixing of the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of Serbia

THE HAGUE, 22 January 2009. The Internati onal Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal

judicial organ of the United Nations, has fixed the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial
of the Republic of Serbia in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia).

By an Order of 20 January 2009, the Court fixed 22 March 2010 as the time-limit for the
filing of a Counter-Memorial by the Republic of Serbia.

The Court adopted the Order taking into account the views of the Parties. The subsequent
procedure has been reserved for further decision.

History of the proceedings

The history of the proceedings can be fo und in Press Releases No. 2008/7 of 10 April 2008,
No. 2008/12 of 30 May 2008 and No. 2008/41 of 18 November 2008, all available on the Court’s
website (www.icj-cij.org).

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The full text of the Court’s Order will be available shortly on the Court’s website. However,
written pleadings remain confidential until the Court decides to make them accessible to the public,
generally at the opening of the oral proceedings.

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