Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

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The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was the independent organ responsible for investigating and prosecuting individuals for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization organ
organ of an international court
prosecutor's office
appliesToJurisdiction conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
international crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia since 1991
country Netherlands
dissolvedWith closure of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
employs analysts
appeals counsel
investigators
support staff
trial attorneys
endTime 2017
establishedBy United Nations Security Council
establishedInYear 1993
hasCharacteristic impartial
independent
international
hasOrganizationalStructure Deputy Prosecutor
Prosecutor
appeals section
investigations division
prosecutions division
witness support and protection unit
hasRole investigation of serious violations of international humanitarian law
prosecution of serious violations of international humanitarian law
isIndependentOf Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Registry of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
isOrganOf International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
language English
French
legalBasis Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN Security Council Resolution 827
surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 827
locatedInFacility ICTY premises in The Hague
mandateIncludes crimes against humanity
genocide
grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions
persecution on political, racial and religious grounds
violations of the laws or customs of war
war crimes
notableProsecutor Carla Del Ponte
Louise Arbour
Richard Goldstone
Serge Brammertz
parentOrganization United Nations
partOf International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
seat The Hague
shortName Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia self-linksurface differs
surface form: OTP of the ICTY
startTime 1994
succeededBy Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
worksInField international criminal law
international humanitarian law

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Prosecutor v. Krstić (ICTY) prosecutor Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals hasOrgan Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
this entity surface form: Office of the Prosecutor
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia establishesOrgan Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia shortName Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: OTP of the ICTY