Peter Tomka

The Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens won the second place in the world at the Manfred LachsSpace Law Moot Court Competition representing Greece and European as European champion at the world finals which took place in Jerusalem, 13-15 October.

THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague dismissed on Tuesday Croatia's claim and Serbia's counter-claim of genocide in their entirety, thus putting an end to the dispute between the two states that lasted 15 years and a half.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Tuesday that Croatia and Serbia had not committed genocide against each other during the Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995).

In 1999 Croatia filed a claim against Serbia on alleged violations of the 1948 Genocide Convention, committed during the wars in former Yugoslavia, particularly at the siege of Vucovar in 1991.

THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague dismissed on Tuesday Croatia's claim against Serbia in its entirety, noting that Croatia failed to prove that genocide was committed in Croatia during the 1991-1995 war.

THE HAGUE - The reading of the judgment on the mutual genocide lawsuits filed by Serbia and Croatia, for the crimes committed in Croatia during the 1991-1995 war, began at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

The Court's reasoning is being presented by ICJ President Peter Tomka, a judge from Slovakia.

The UN's highest court on Feb. 3 rejected rival claims of genocide by former foes Croatia and Serbia in landmark rulings over the bloody Balkans wars of the 1990s.

THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will deliver its judgment in the case brought by Croatia against Serbia concerning application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the ICJ released on Thursday.

ICJ to rule in Croatia-Serbia dispute by February

BELGRADE -- A judgment in a dispute before the ICJ comprising a Croatian claim against Serbia and a Serbian counter claim of genocide will be reached by February.

This was announced by President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Peter Tomka, Tanjug reported.

BELGRADE - President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Peter Tomka has announced at a General Assembly of the United Nations meeting that a judgment in a dispute before the ICJ comprising a Croatian claim against Serbia and a Serbian counterclaim of genocide will be reached before the Court is renewed in February.