ICTY case Prosecutor v. Duško Tadić
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ICTY case Prosecutor v. Duško Tadić was a landmark international criminal tribunal proceeding that produced the first conviction for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, helping to define modern jurisprudence on crimes against humanity and violations of the laws of war.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Prosecutor v. Duško Tadić | 0 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ICTY case
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crimes against humanity case ⓘ international criminal case ⓘ |
| acquittal | some counts of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions ⓘ |
| appealOutcome | convictions partly affirmed and partly reversed ⓘ |
| appealsChamber | ICTY Appeals Chamber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appealsChamberJudgmentDate | 1999-07-15 ⓘ |
| appealsChamberPresident | Antonio Cassese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| charge |
crimes against humanity
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grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions ⓘ violations of the laws or customs of war ⓘ |
| citation | IT-94-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conviction |
crimes against humanity
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violations of the laws or customs of war ⓘ |
| countryOfCourt | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| court | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendant | Duško Tadić NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalSentence | 20 years imprisonment ⓘ |
| firstICTYAppealsJudgment | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstICTYConvictionForWarCrimes | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstICTYTrialJudgment | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| indictmentDate | 1995-02-13 ⓘ |
| influenced |
jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court
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jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ subsequent ICTY and ICTR joint criminal enterprise case law ⓘ |
| initialSentence | 20 years imprisonment ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSignificance |
clarified concept of armed conflict in international humanitarian law
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clarified customary international law on crimes against humanity ⓘ clarified elements of individual criminal responsibility in international law ⓘ clarified nexus requirement between crimes and armed conflict ⓘ developed doctrine of joint criminal enterprise ⓘ first final judgment of the ICTY Appeals Chamber ⓘ first international war crimes trial held by the ICTY ⓘ influential precedent for later international criminal tribunals ⓘ landmark in defining crimes against humanity ⓘ landmark in defining violations of the laws or customs of war ⓘ |
| prosecutorParty | Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConflict | Bosnian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedDetentionCamp |
Keraterm camp
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Omarska camp GENERATED ⓘ Trnopolje camp GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedTerritory | Prijedor municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulesApplied |
Geneva Conventions of 1949
NERFINISHED
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ICTY Rules of Procedure and Evidence NERFINISHED ⓘ ICTY Statute NERFINISHED ⓘ customary international humanitarian law ⓘ |
| seatOfCourt | The Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Tadić case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCrimes | 1992 ⓘ |
| trialChamber | Trial Chamber II of the ICTY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialChamberJudgmentDate | 1997-05-07 ⓘ |
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