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International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established in 1993 according to Security Council resolution 827 for the prosecution of persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991.
The Tribunal is located in the Hague and is composed of three Trial Chambers and one Appeals Chamber, to be shared with the International Tribunal for Rwanda the Office of the Prosecutions, which conducts investigations and presents prosecutions before the judges and the Registry responsible for administration and judicial support services.
The Chambers consist of 16 independent judges, who are citizens of different states, appointed by the General Assembly for a period of 4 years, In addition, there is a pool of 27 ad litem judges elected by the General Assembly.
The Statute of the ICTY defines the jurisdiction, organization and the functioning of the Tribunal. All U.N. member states are obliged to "cooperate fully" with the tribunal and "take any measures necessary under their domestic law" to comply with its demands.
Documentation
The official web site of the ICTY - International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia provides information in English, French, Bosnian/ Croatian/Serbian and Macedonian. It contains background information, news and essential full text documents and reports.
The Tribunal reports annually to the General Assembly and to the Security Council: the Annual report of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991 is posted on the ICTY web site under section Tribunal Publications.
The publication Judicial supplements is posted as a full text report on the ICTY web site and is an important source of information about the activities of the Tribunal for the period 1999-2004. The Appeals Chamber Case-Law Research Tool (ACCLRT) provides summaries of all judgements, as well as the most significant decisions since July 2004.
Documentation from all cases brought before the ICTY are posted under the section The Cases on the ICTY web site. The cases are filed according to a registration number.
Press releases are available from 1994 onwards.
Databases and Indexes
Full text documents from the ICTY can be retrieved through the United Nations Official Document System - ODS.
References to the ICTY documents with links to full texts can be accessed through the UN library online catalogue - UNBISnet.
Printed Indexes
References to important documents from the ICTY are published under chapter International Tribunals in the Yearbook of the United Nations. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.