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UN ICTY
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On 25 May 1993, the UN Security Council passed resolution 827 formally establishing the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, known as the ICTY. This resolution contained the Statute of the ICTY, which determined the Tribunal’s jurisdiction and organisational structure, as well as the criminal procedure in general terms. This was the first war crimes court established by the UN and the first international war crimes tribunal since the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals. This date marked the beginning of the end of impunity for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia.
The first session of the ICTY was held in Nov 1993 as seen in the above photo.
- Credits UN ICTY
- Themes Politics and Economics
- Regions Global