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Press Release 2007/4 -- 5 February 2007 Visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the International Court of Justice

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"When did a English monarch last stand alongside a U.S President?. Was it during WW2?. Whenever it happened, one presumes it was a coded way of announcing forthcoming cataclysmic events in world history. Is something grave and serious brewing?" Piggy Kruger, Bridgwater, UK

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International Court of Justice
Peace Palace in The Hague
International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
THE HAGUE, 5 February 2007. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland paid a private visit today to the seat of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

Her Majesty was welcomed to the Peace Palace in The Hague, by the President of the Court, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, and by the Registrar, Mr. Philippe Couvreur. In the Great Hall of Justice, the President presented the Members of the Court and their spouses; the Registrar presented senior staff members of the Registry.

Inaugural session of the International Court of Justice on 18 April 1946


26 February 2007 Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
"Finds that Serbia has violated the obligation to prevent genocide, under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in respect of the genocide that occurred in Srebrenica in July 1995"

Analysis: Serbia in the dock By Gabriel Partos

BBC South-East Europe analyst

Monday, 27 February 2006 - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun two months of hearings in The Hague on a landmark case for genocide brought by Bosnia-Hercegovina against Serbia and Montenegro.

Bosnia was still raging with no end in sight. Sarajevo's intention in going to the United Nations court, which deals with disputes between states, was two-fold.

First, it is expected to argue that whatever the nature of the terrible crimes committed in Bosnia, they did not amount to genocide in the internationally-accepted definition of the term under the 1948 Geneva Convention.

The Convention defines genocide as "the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group".

BBC News EUROPE Milosevic Prosecution Milosevic hearing transcript Timeline: July 2001 to February 2003

Transcript of Slobodan Milosevic's first appearance at the UN War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Ratko Mladic
Ratko Mladic was Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's army chief throughout the Bosnian war.

The Slaughter of the Women and Children
Serbian TV footage shows woman and children being separated from the men and put on buses.

As a show of "reassurance" then Bosnian Serb commander-in-chief General Ratko Mladic told the women everyone would be taken by bus out and safely reunited.

However when the cameras were turned off the women and children were slaughtered at the hands of the Serb army.

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The Wall Street Journal Mary Lu Carnevale reports on leftovers from Queen Elizabeth’s visit.
official gift to Queen Elizabeth was a bronze statuette of a cowgirl and her horse and National Archive documents, photo's and a DVD. May 10, 2007

The Washington Post Queen Concludes Visit With Toast, Joke --By DESMOND BUTLER The Associated Press Wednesday, May 9, 2007