Nationality of victims

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Appeal Judgement - 20.02.2001 DELALIĆ et al. (Čelebići)
(IT-96-21-A)

84. Applying the principle enunciated in Aleksovski, the Appeals Chamber sees no cogent reasons in the interests of justice to depart from the Tadić Appeal Judgement. The nationality of the victims for the purpose of the application of Geneva Convention IV should not be determined on the basis of formal national characterisations, but rather upon an analysis of the substantial relations, taking into consideration the different ethnicity of the victims and the perpetrators, and their bonds with the foreign intervening State.

See also paragraphs 64-83.

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ICTR Statute Article 4 ICTY Statute Article 2 Other instruments Geneva Convention IV: Article 4.