Genocide has been considered an international crime since World War II, and the 1948 Genocide Convention was a decisive step in that case. But in the 1990s, the issue of genocide unfortunately ceased to be a topic of historical interest in the first place. The events that took place in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda raised increasing concern in this context. The crime of genocide was included in the statute of these two courts. However, case law before the two international criminal tribunals (the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) has now developed and has helped to clarify many of the principles relevant to this crime. The issue of state responsibility for the crime of genocide was also raised before the International Court of Justice, which ruled again, in application of the 1948 Genocide Convention, in its order dated 8 April 1993. They also decided (the independent opinion in which they participated in the opinion of the Court all reservations regarding the act of genocide in 1951) that: “The collective crime of humanity shocks the conscience of humanity,” and leads to a new tragic killing . . . It is inconsistent with the moral law, and with the principles and objectives of the United Nations.” On 11 July 1996, the International Court of Justice rejected Yugoslavia's initial defenses. In particular, the Court stressed that it follows from the object and purpose of the Genocide Convention that the rights and obligations contained therein are rights and obligations relevant to all, and that the obligation of each State to prevent and punish the crime of genocide is not based on the type of conflict involved in the particular situation; Whether international or local. On July 17, 1998, the Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted, and Article 6 of the Rome Statute included the crime of genocide, which the court has jurisdiction over.