International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

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The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was a UN court established to prosecute individuals responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed during the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations court
ad hoc tribunal
international criminal tribunal
abbreviation ICTY
completionStrategyAdoptedBy United Nations Security Council
completionStrategyResolution UN Security Council Resolution 1503
UN Security Council Resolution 1534
dateEstablished 1993-05-25
dateOfLastJudgment 2017-11-29
doesNotTryStates true
establishedBy United Nations Security Council
establishedByResolution UN Security Council Resolution 827
firstAccusedTried Duško Tadić
firstIndictmentIssued 1994
firstTrialStarted 1996
focusesOnConflicts Bosnian War
Croatian War of Independence
Kosovo conflict
linked to: Kosovo War

Yugoslav Wars
formallyClosedOn 2017-12-31
hasChambers Appeals Chamber
Trial Chambers
hasJurisdictionOver territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
hasPrecedentRole development of international criminal jurisprudence
hasTemporalJurisdictionFrom 1991-01-01
hasTemporalJurisdictionTo unspecified end date
legalBasis Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
locatedIn The Hague
locatedInCountry Netherlands
mandateIncludes prosecution of crimes against humanity
prosecution of genocide
prosecution of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions
prosecution of war crimes
notableCaseInvolves Ante Gotovina
Duško Tadić
Radovan Karadžić
Ratko Mladić
Slobodan Milošević
officialLanguage Bosnian
Croatian
English
French
Serbian
parentOrganization United Nations
regionServed former Yugoslavia
linked to: Yugoslavia
resolutionNumber 827
seat The Hague
sharesAppealsChamberWith International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
shortName ICTY
UN Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
statuteAdoptedBy United Nations Security Council
statuteName Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
successorInstitution International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
triesIndividualsOnly true
typeOfLawApplied international criminal law
international humanitarian law
website http://www.icty.org

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United Nations Security Council hasSubsidiaryBody International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Court hasPredecessorConcept International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Article III of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide usedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
subject linked to: Article III
Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide usedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
subject linked to: Article II
World Forum, The Hague nearby International Criminal Tribunal buildings
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sharesAppealsChamberWith International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia shortName ICTY
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia shortName UN Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia abbreviation ICTY
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milošević facedTrialIn International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milošević extraditedTo International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ, 2007) relatedTo International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015) usedEvidenceFrom International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Kosovo Liberation Army investigatedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Račak massacre investigatedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) court International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Nuremberg Trials Memorial relatedTo United Nations war crimes tribunals
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Bosnian War subjectOf International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia cases
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Radovan Karadžić convictedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Croatian Defence Council triedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Srebrenica genocide recognizedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Ratko Mladić convictedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN Security Council Resolution 955 sharesAppealsChamberWith International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Appeals Chamber (ICTR) sharesAppealsChamberWith International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
subject linked to: Appeals Chamber
Carla Del Ponte employer International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Carla Del Ponte participatedIn International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia proceedings
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals predecessor International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Ante Gotovina trialVenue International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Ante Gotovina convictedInFirstInstance ICTY
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Trial Chambers (ICTY) partOf International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
subject linked to: Trial Chambers
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia partOf International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia legalBasisFor International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN Security Council Resolution 1503 concerns International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN Security Council Resolution 827 creates International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN Security Council Resolution 827 tribunalName International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Duško Tadić convictedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Duško Tadić triedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Duško Tadić associatedWithOrganization International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Duško Tadić courtJurisdiction United Nations ad hoc tribunal
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Duško Tadić court International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
linked to: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN Security Council Resolution 1534 subject International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN Security Council Resolution 1534 callsUpon International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Foča massacres legalAssessmentBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Višegrad massacres investigatedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UÇK subjectOfInvestigationBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Drenica massacres investigatedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Ramush Haradinaj hasBeenTriedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Common Article 3 interpretedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Common Article 2 interpretedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Grdelica train bombing investigatedBy International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia