The rally, held under the slogan "Justice for genocide victims in Bosnia-Herzegovina" in front of the parliament and government headquarters, was organised by a dozen NGOs gathering demobilised members of the Bosnian army, disabled civilians and soldiers, and families of Muslims killed or gone missing in the war.
Speakers at the rally said that the ICJ's verdict was unfair because it failed to take into account well-known facts about Serbia and Montenegro's involvement in military operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the mass persecution of non-Serbs.
They presented ten conclusions urging Bosnian authorities to carry out territorial reorganisation of the country and change its constitution to "ensure the annulment of the results of the genocide".
The protesters also urged adopting a law that would ban the negation of genocide and declaring Srebrenica and Zepa areas under direct state governance.
The rally was also addressed by Bosnia's representatives before the ICJ, Sakib Softic and Dutch lawyer Phon van den Biesen.
"It was difficult to stir any feelings in people who had contributed to what had happened to us," Softic said, adding that Bosnia could be only partially satisfied with the ICJ verdict.
He stated that the most difficult part was proving the intent of the authorities in Belgrade to commit genocide, which he said resulted in the present verdict.
"We have ten years ahead of us. If we collect evidence that such intent did exist on the part of Serbia, we can use it and seek a retrial," Softic said, indirectly stating that the legal battle with Serbia was not over yet.
Van den Biesen said that the most important fact was that the ICJ had confirmed that genocide had really happened in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The government of the Bosnian Serb entity issued a statement today saying that the ICJ judgment offered all peoples and citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina the opportunity "to put an unfortunate epoch behind and turn to the future, to building mutual trust and to issues important for economic development and continuation of the process of European integration".
The Serb government also pointed in the statement to "the negative intention of individuals from the Bosniak political leadership to continue, after the announcement of the verdict, with attempts to deepen tension and impose collective guilt on Republika Srpska and the Serb people for crimes committed during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina".
The Serb entity will continue, in cooperation with institutions of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the international community, with efforts to arrest people responsible for war crimes, notably those committed in Srebrenica.
The entity government expressed its deep condolences to victims of the war in Bosnia and their families and called on representatives of other peoples in the country to do the same with the aim of building a better future.
The association of the families of soldiers and disabled war veterans of the Croat Defence Council (HVO) of Herceg-Bosna today expressed dissatisfaction with the ICJ verdict.
"The verdict does not serve justice, but injustice," the only Croat association to have commented on the judgement said in a statement.
There are 18 Croat political parties in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but none of them has commented on the ICJ verdict so far.