Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

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United Nations document founding treaty international criminal tribunal statute legal instrument

The Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is the foundational legal instrument established by the UN Security Council that defines the Tribunal’s jurisdiction, structure, and substantive and procedural rules for prosecuting those responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide and related serious violations of international humanitarian law.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations document ⓘ founding treaty ⓘ international criminal tribunal statute ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedUnder	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ICTR Statute NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law in Rwanda in 1994 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdByInstrument	United Nations Security Council Resolution 955 NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfAdoption	8 November 1994 ⓘ
defines	jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ procedural rules framework for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ structure of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ substantive law applicable before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ
establishedFor	prosecution of Rwandan citizens responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in neighboring States in 1994 ⓘ prosecution of other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda in 1994 ⓘ prosecution of persons responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda ⓘ
establishes	Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Registry of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasisFor	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	international law ⓘ
partOf	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesFor	appointment of judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ appointment of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ cooperation and judicial assistance by States ⓘ enforcement of sentences in States designated by the United Nations ⓘ fair trial guarantees ⓘ individual criminal responsibility ⓘ non-applicability of statutory limitations to crimes within the Tribunal’s jurisdiction ⓘ penalties and sentencing framework ⓘ primacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda over national courts ⓘ prosecution of crimes against humanity ⓘ prosecution of genocide ⓘ prosecution of serious violations of Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ prosecution of serious violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions ⓘ rights of the accused before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ
subjectMatter	crimes against humanity ⓘ genocide ⓘ international criminal law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
temporalJurisdiction	1 January 1994 to 31 December 1994 ⓘ
territorialJurisdiction	territory of Rwanda ⓘ territory of neighboring States for crimes committed by Rwandan citizens ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Chambers → appliesLaw → Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ

subject surface form: Chambers (ICTR)

Registry → governedBy → Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ

subject surface form: Registry of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Trial Chambers → appliesLaw → Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ

subject surface form: Trial Chambers (ICTR)

Appeals Chamber → appliesLaw → Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ

subject surface form: Appeals Chamber (ICTR)

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia → relatedTo → Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ