Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

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United Nations document constituent instrument of an international organization founding instrument international criminal tribunal statute legal instrument

The Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is the foundational legal instrument adopted by the UN Security Council that established the tribunal’s jurisdiction, structure, and procedures for prosecuting serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the former Yugoslavia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
ICTY Statute	5
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia canonical	4
Statute of the ICTY	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2079648 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Context triple: [International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, statuteName, Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]

A. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the foundational international treaty that established the ICC and defines its jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
B. Registry of the International Criminal Court
The Registry of the International Criminal Court is the administrative organ responsible for the Court’s non-judicial functions, including support to judges, counsel, victims, and witnesses, and the overall management of court services.
C. Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY)
Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) is a landmark judgment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia that established the Srebrenica massacre as an act of genocide and clarified key legal standards for prosecuting genocide under international law.
D. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
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.
E. Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
The Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court was a UN body tasked with drafting and negotiating the foundational legal framework that led to the creation of the International Criminal Court.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Target entity description: The Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is the foundational legal instrument adopted by the UN Security Council that established the tribunal’s jurisdiction, structure, and procedures for prosecuting serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the former Yugoslavia.

A. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the foundational international treaty that established the ICC and defines its jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
B. Registry of the International Criminal Court
The Registry of the International Criminal Court is the administrative organ responsible for the Court’s non-judicial functions, including support to judges, counsel, victims, and witnesses, and the overall management of court services.
C. Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY)
Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) is a landmark judgment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia that established the Srebrenica massacre as an act of genocide and clarified key legal standards for prosecuting genocide under international law.
D. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
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.
E. Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court
The Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court was a UN body tasked with drafting and negotiating the foundational legal framework that led to the creation of the International Criminal Court.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations document ⓘ constituent instrument of an international organization ⓘ founding instrument ⓘ international criminal tribunal statute ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
adoptedThrough	UN Security Council Resolution 827 ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 827
adoptionBody	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
adoptionDate	1993-05-25 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	New York City ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: ICTY Statute Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ surface form: Statute of the ICTY
appliesTo	armed conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
basedOn	customary international law ⓘ
category	international criminal law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ
chapterOfUNCharterInvoked	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
definesCrime	crimes against humanity ⓘ genocide ⓘ grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ violations of the laws or customs of war ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1993-05-25 ⓘ
establishes	jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ procedures of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ structure of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
establishesOrgan	Appeals Chamber of the ICTY ⓘ surface form: Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ Registry of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ Trial Chamber I of the ICTY ⓘ surface form: Trial Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
hasLegalEffect	binding on all UN Member States under Chapter VII resolutions ⓘ
influenced	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasisFor	International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
partOf	International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
providesFor	appeals procedure ⓘ arrest and surrender of accused persons ⓘ command responsibility ⓘ concurrent jurisdiction with national courts ⓘ enforcement of sentences ⓘ individual criminal responsibility ⓘ non-applicability of official capacity as a defence ⓘ non-applicability of statutes of limitation ⓘ penalties ⓘ primacy of the Tribunal over national courts ⓘ protection of victims and witnesses ⓘ responsibility for planning, instigating, ordering, committing or otherwise aiding and abetting crimes ⓘ review of judgments ⓘ rights of the accused ⓘ
purpose	to prosecute persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia ⓘ
relatedTo	Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ
subjectMatterJurisdiction	crimes against humanity ⓘ genocide ⓘ grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 ⓘ violations of the laws or customs of war ⓘ
temporalJurisdiction	from 1991-01-01 onwards ⓘ
territorialJurisdiction	territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia → statuteName → Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ

Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) → legalBasis → Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ⓘ