International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was a UN-established court mandated to prosecute individuals responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda in 1994.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations court
ad hoc tribunal
international criminal tribunal
archivesTransferredTo International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
createdInResponseTo mass atrocities committed in Rwanda in 1994
dateClosedForTrials 2012
dateEstablished 1994-11-08
dateFirstIndictmentsIssued 1995
dateOfficiallyClosed 2015-12-31
establishedBy United Nations Security Council
establishedByResolution UN Security Council Resolution 955
firstPresident Laïty Kama
focusCrime 1994 Rwandan genocide
geographicalJurisdiction Rwanda
territory of neighboring states for crimes committed by Rwandan citizens
hasChamber Appeals Chamber
Trial Chambers
hasLanguage English
French
Kinyarwanda
hasOfficeIn Kigali
The Hague
hasOrgan Chambers
Prosecutor
Registry
hostCountry Tanzania
legalBasis Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
legalPrecedent clarified command responsibility in non-international armed conflicts
first international conviction for genocide by an international court
recognized rape and sexual violence as acts of genocide
locatedIn Arusha
mandate prosecute persons responsible for genocide committed in Rwanda in 1994
prosecute persons responsible for other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda and neighboring states in 1994
notableCase Prosecutor v. Jean Kambanda
Prosecutor v. Jean-Paul Akayesu
Prosecutor v. Théoneste Bagosora
notablePresident Erik Møse
notableProsecutor Carla Del Ponte
Hassan Bubacar Jallow
Louise Arbour
Richard Goldstone
numberOfCompletedCasesApproximate 70+
numberOfIndictedPersonsApproximate 93
parentOrganization United Nations
seatAgreementWith United Republic of Tanzania
sharesAppealsChamberWith International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
shortName ICTR
subjectMatterJurisdiction crimes against humanity
genocide
serious violations of Additional Protocol II
serious violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions
war crimes
successorBody International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
temporalJurisdictionEnd 1994-12-31
temporalJurisdictionStart 1994-01-01
typeOfLawApplied international criminal law
international humanitarian law
website http://unictr.irmct.org/


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