Geneva Side's Analysis in the International Criminal Court Regarding Ratko Maladij, the Butcher of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Naderi, Ghobad; Mohammadbeyki, Alireza

doi:10.22034/iclj.2025.214489

Geneva Side's Analysis in the International Criminal Court Regarding Ratko Maladij, the Butcher of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ghobad Naderi ¹

Alireza Mohammadbeyki ²

¹ Member of the Faculty of Law, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran

10.22034/iclj.2025.214489

Abstract

One of the most serious crimes in international criminal law is the crime of genocide. The crime of genocide is recognized as a crime both in international practice and in international treaties and the statutes of international criminal courts, with the expansion of international law in the last two centuries, attention to human rights and the fight against genocide or genocide at the global level. It has increased and many governmental and non-governmental international organizations have planned various policies to fight against it, which are focused on legal and political dimensions. The International Criminal Court and the United Nations are the most important institutions created by governments, and each of them has taken legal and political steps to respect basic human rights according to their statutes and goals, but despite the efforts of these two organizations, the political considerations in the international system It has affected the legal and legal issues related to genocide and reduced the guarantee of the implementation of a number of court rulings or UN decisions

Keywords

Human Rights

Genocide

Rakto Maladij

International Law