ICTR Appeals Chamber

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international criminal appeals chamber judicial organ

The ICTR Appeals Chamber was the highest judicial body of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, responsible for hearing appeals against trial judgments in cases concerning the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Appeals Chamber of the ICTR	2
Appeals Chamber (ICTR)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international criminal appeals chamber ⓘ judicial organ ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda GENERATED ⓘ
can	affirm trial judgments GENERATED ⓘ order retrials in exceptional circumstances GENERATED ⓘ reverse trial judgments GENERATED ⓘ revise sentences GENERATED ⓘ
canIssue	appeals judgments GENERATED ⓘ separate and dissenting opinions by judges GENERATED ⓘ
ceasedToFunctionWith	closure of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ
decidesBy	majority vote GENERATED ⓘ
establishedBy	United Nations Security Council GENERATED ⓘ
establishedByInstrument	United Nations Security Council Resolution 955 GENERATED ⓘ
establishedInYear	1994 GENERATED ⓘ
function	hear appeals against trial judgments GENERATED ⓘ review convictions and acquittals GENERATED ⓘ review sentences GENERATED ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges	7 GENERATED ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda GENERATED ⓘ convicted persons GENERATED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English GENERATED ⓘ French GENERATED ⓘ
legalBasis	Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda GENERATED ⓘ
legalSubjectMatter	crimes against humanity GENERATED ⓘ crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide GENERATED ⓘ genocide GENERATED ⓘ war crimes GENERATED ⓘ
locatedIn	Arusha GENERATED ⓘ Tanzania GENERATED ⓘ
mandate	ensure consistency and correctness of ICTR case law GENERATED ⓘ guarantee fair trial rights at appellate level GENERATED ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations ⓘ
partOf	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda GENERATED ⓘ
reviews	final judgments of ICTR Trial Chambers GENERATED ⓘ
reviewsDecisionsOf	ICTR Trial Chambers GENERATED ⓘ
role	highest judicial body of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda GENERATED ⓘ
sharesAppealsChamberWith	International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia GENERATED ⓘ
standardOfReview	discernible errors of fact GENERATED ⓘ errors of law GENERATED ⓘ
subjectTo	United Nations Charter GENERATED ⓘ
successorBody	International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Appeals Chamber GENERATED ⓘ
temporalJurisdiction	crimes committed in 1994 GENERATED ⓘ
territorialJurisdiction	territory of Rwanda GENERATED ⓘ territory of neighbouring States for certain crimes GENERATED ⓘ
typeOfCourt	ad hoc international criminal tribunal appeals chamber GENERATED ⓘ
usesProceduralLaw	ICTR Rules of Procedure and Evidence GENERATED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Prosecutor v. Théoneste Bagosora → appealChamber → ICTR Appeals Chamber ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appeals Chamber of the ICTR

Prosecutor v. Jean Kambanda → appealHeardBy → ICTR Appeals Chamber ⓘ

Appeals Chamber of the ICTY → locatedInSameBuildingAs → ICTR Appeals Chamber ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appeals Chamber of the ICTR

Trial Chambers → subjectToReviewBy → ICTR Appeals Chamber ⓘ

subject surface form: Trial Chambers (ICTR)

this entity surface form: Appeals Chamber (ICTR)