Legal Framework of Genocide and Related crimes
International Humanitarian Law
Victims of Armed Conflict
- 1949 Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
- 1949 Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
- 1949 Geneva Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
- 1949 Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
- 1977 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I )
- 1977 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)
- 2005 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III)
Means and Methods of Warfare
- 1972 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
- 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW )
- 1980 CCW Protocol (I) on Non-Detectable Fragments
- 1980 CCW Protocol (II) prohibiting Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (as amended 1996)
- 1980 CCW Protocol (III) prohibiting Incendiary Weapons
- 1993 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction
- 1995 CCW Protocol (IV) on Blinding Laser Weapons
- 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
- 2001 Amendment to Article 1 of the CCW
- 2003 CCW Protocol (V) on Explosive Remnants of War
- 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions
International Court of Justice
- 1946 Statute of the International Court of Justice
- 1951 Advisory Opinion - Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- 1996 Advisory Opinion - Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons
- 2006 Judgement - Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New application 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda)
- 2007 Judgement - Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)
- 2012 Judgement - Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal)
- 2015 Judgement - Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia)
International Tribunals
- 1945 Charter of the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg)
- 1946 Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo)
- 1993 Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- 1994 Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- 2010 Elements of Crimes (International Criminal Court)
- 2010 Statute of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Hybrid Tribunals
- 2000 Statute of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
- UNTAET Regulation No. 2000/15 on the Serious Crimes Panels in the District Court of Dili (Timor-Leste)
- UNMIK Regulation 2000/64 Panels in the Courts of Kosovo
- 2001 Law on the Establishment of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- Law No. 16/2002 on the War Crimes Chamber in the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2013 Statute of the Extraordinary African Chambers within the Courts of Senegal
International Law Commission
- 1950 International Law Commission Principles of International Law recognized in the Charter of the Nüremberg Tribunal and in the Judgment of the Tribunal
- 1996 International Law Commission Draft Code of Crimes Against the Peace and Security of Mankind
- 2001 International Law Commission Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts
- 2011 International Law Commission Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations