Knowra International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia A United Nations court established in 1993 to prosecute people responsible for serious crimes committed during the Yugoslav Wars. It closed in 2017 after transferring its remaining functions to a residual mechanism.
ICTY Statute : The Security Council statute defining the ICTY’s jurisdiction, powers, and institutional structure. It set the crimes, territory, and procedures the tribunal could address.
Prosecutor v. Krstić : An ICTY case in which Radislav Krstić was convicted for aiding and abetting genocide at Srebrenica. The appeal judgment affirmed that the Srebrenica massacre constituted genocide.
Richard Goldstone : A South African judge who served as the ICTY’s first prosecutor. He led the early investigations and established the prosecution’s initial direction.
International Criminal Court : A permanent treaty-based court that prosecutes individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression. The ICTY’s practice informed debates and legal development surrounding permanent international criminal justice.
Nuremberg trials : Postwar military tribunals that prosecuted major German leaders for crimes committed during World War II. They supplied a precedent for individual criminal trials before an international court.
Prosecutor v. Tadić : The ICTY case that established key principles on armed-conflict classification and individual responsibility. Its appeals judgment clarified the tribunal’s authority and international humanitarian law.
Prosecutor v. Furundžija : An ICTY case concerning torture and sexual violence during the Bosnian War. Its judgment addressed rape as torture and developed definitions of torture.
Carla Del Ponte : A Swiss prosecutor who led the ICTY and ICTR prosecution offices. She pursued senior political and military figures, including Slobodan Milošević.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda : A United Nations tribunal established in 1994 to prosecute crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide. Created soon after the ICTY, it shared institutional features while addressing a different conflict.
Tokyo Trials : International military trials of Japanese leaders after World War II. Like Nuremberg, they offer a historical comparison for the ICTY’s prosecutions.
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