Trial Chambers

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Trial Chambers are judicial bodies within the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia responsible for conducting trials and issuing first-instance judgments in cases of serious violations of international humanitarian law.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Trial Chamber I 1
Trial Chambers canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of an international criminal tribunal
judicial body
appliesLaw ICTY Rules of Procedure and Evidence
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
surface form: ICTY Statute

international humanitarian law
appliesStandardOfProof beyond reasonable doubt
canImpose term of imprisonment
cannotImpose death penalty
canOrder protective measures for witnesses
conducts pre-trial proceedings
sentencing hearings
trial hearings
createdBy United Nations Security Council
electsFrom ICTY judges
establishedInYear 1993
establishedUnder UN Security Council Resolution 827
surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 827
guarantees fair trial
rights of the accused
hasComposition ad litem judges
permanent judges
hasFunction conduct trials
issue first-instance judgments
hasJurisdictionOver serious violations of international humanitarian law
hasLanguage English
French
hears indictments confirmed by ICTY judges
hearsEvidenceFrom defence
prosecution
issues judgments
orders
sentencing decisions
subpoenas
locatedInJurisdiction The Hague
mayHearEvidenceFrom victims
witnesses
partOf International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
presidedBy presiding judge
stageOfProceedings first instance
subjectToReviewBy Appeals Chamber of the ICTY
surface form: Appeals Chamber (ICTY)
triesCrimes crimes against humanity
deportation
extermination
genocide
grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions
inhumane acts
murder
persecution
rape
torture
violations of the laws or customs of war
war crimes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo chamber Trial Chambers
this entity surface form: Trial Chamber I